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Aug. 21st, 2021 08:56 amWrote a silly one shot crossover between The Owl House and Ducktales. Enjoy!
Luz rubbed her hands eagerly as she looked over the handheld mirror. “Alright, mysterious device of arcane mystery, let’s see if you can bring me back to the human realm!’
“Are you sure you want to do this, kiddo?” Eda asked as she crossed her arm. “We know even less about this thing than your last portal attempt.”
“But the inscription says it leads to another world when you twist the handle,” Luz said as she clasped her hands.
“Doesn’t mean it’s the human realm,” Eda added. “There are plenty of bizarre worlds out there. For all we know this thing's connected to a world of man eating toe bats or something.”
“Where did you two find this outrageous ornament anyway?” King said as he poked the mirror.
“We didn’t,” Eda said with a deep sigh, shoving King’s paw away. “Hooty coughed it up and apparently doesn’t even remember where he picked it up. Not that he remembers much to begin with.”
King grimaced. “Yuck, he really needs to be more aware of what he eats.”
“Anyway,” Luz continued as she put her hands on her hips, “it’s still worth trying. Worst case it should lead back here, right?”
Eda sighed as she ruffled her hair. “All right, but I’m coming with you. King, how about you? Up for a little interdimensional exploration?”
“Naw,” King said as he left the room. “My tummy is craving hot chocolate and I’ve decided to graciously fulfill its demand.”
“Save some for me,” Luz said as she picked up the mirror. “This shouldn’t take long.”
“Well, those are some ominous last words, but let’s give it a go,” Eda said as she placed a hand on Luz’s shoulder.
Luz bit her lower lip as she gave the mirror handle a hard twist.
The mirror sparked madly, before suddenly erupting with blue energy. The mirror seemed to shine, and the energy formed into a swirling portal.
“Alright,” Luz said with a deep breath. “Here goes.” Holding the mirror close to her chest, Luz stepped through the portal together with Eda.
They found themselves in a room. A very normal human looking room with a bunk bed and human style clothes scattered around it.
Hope flickered in Luz's eyes. Was it possible? Had she made it home?! Did she-
Someone, not Eda, cleared their throat and Luz turned.
Her joy evaporated.
Four pairs of eyes were staring at her. Eyes belonging to what seemed to be humanoid ducks. One was wearing a pink dress with a cute bow, another wore a blue shirt and a stunned expression. The third wore a red hat and shirt and seemed to be working out what question to ask first, while the fourth wore a green hoodie and held a soda can.
“Um...Hi,” Luz said slowly with a nervous smile. “Please don’t freak-”
The duck in green growled as he rubbed his eyes and set down the soda can. The actual soda can, Luz found her eyes drawn to it. “Dewey, I thought you promised not to invite extra-dimensional beings into our bedroom again!”
“It wasn't me!” the duck, likely named Dewey, objected. “I mean, it was me that other time, but in my defense the number of views for my show have never been higher.”
“While that may be numerically true, that is strictly relative,” the duck with the red hat replied dryly. "The number of views were even higher that time you left the camera on for twenty minutes of Mrs. Beakley cleaning the carpet."
“Uh….” Luz said as Eda looked around.
“Talking ducks? Hey, I think I’ve been to this world,” Eda muttered.
Before Luz could ask what she meant, the duck with the cute bow bounced up to her.
“Hi, I’m Webby!” she greeted and pointed behind her. “That’s Louie, Dewey and Huey! What’s your name?”
“I’m Luz, and this is Eda the Owl Lady,” Luz replied, slightly amazed by her chipper attitude. “Sorry, we didn’t mean to barge in-”
“Boys, what was that noise?!” shouted a female voice with a British accent.
“One second,” Huey said as he poked his head out of the room. “A portal opened and now we've got visitors from another world.”
There was a brief pause. “Are they dangerous?”
Huey pulled his head back. “Hostile or non-hostile?”
“Well, some call me a foxy mama and I've slain many a heart, kiddo,” Eda said with a wink.
Huey raised an eyebrow and glanced at Luz. “Non-hostile then?”
Luz nodded as Huey poked his head out again.
“They’re not dangerous, Mrs. Beakley!” he shouted.
“Alright, I’ll be up once these dishes have been dealt with,” the voice shouted back.
“You guys are oddly calm about this,” Luz said as she tilted her head.
Louie scoffed as he shoved his hands into the front pocket of his hoodie. “Please, on average we get at least one weird portal opening in our house a month.”
“It was twice last month,” Dewey replied and shivered. “I still can’t get that centaur’s song out of my head.”
"Averages, Dewford!"
“Okay, then,” Luz said, wondering to herself exactly what kind of life these ducks had.
Huey pointed to the mirror in Luz’s hand. “So, given the evidence, my hypothesis is that this is what created the portal. It wasn't red, so I'm assuming it doesn't use the same method as the Solego circuit - is it magic? Runic designs, or some sort of divine blessing?”
Luz blinked and blushed realizing she had almost forgotten she was holding it.
“Uh, yeah, again sorry, we kind of just found it and were experimenting,” Luz said as she held it up. “I’ll just turn so we can-”
“Now, hold up, kiddo,” Eda said with a smirk. “I’ve been to this world before and it’s actually pretty fun. A lot more accepting of avian people than the Boiling Isles, if you catch my drift. It might actually be worth having a short visit here.”
“I can’t help but note you’re not asking our opinion here,” Louie asked. "I should really start charging tolls on interdimensional travel..."
Dewey stepped forward and pointed. “More importantly will you or will you not come onto my show for an interview?”
“How much are you willing to pay?” Eda said.
“Nevermind that,” Webby said as she grinned at Luz. “Are you a magic user?”
“I’m, er, a witch in training,” Luz said as she rubbed the back of her neck.
“Oooh, I should introduce you to Lena and Violet,” Webby continued. “We can compare notes - do you have a scrapbook of arcane secrets too?!”
“Oh really,” Luz said as her eyes sparked. That did sound like fun.
“Kids,” a female voice called out and another duck - female-sounding, wearing a pilot uniform - entered the room. “Beakley mentioned something about a portal-”
Suddenly, she gasped and pointed. “Eda Clawthorne! Is that you?”
Eda frowned and tilted her head. “You look kind of familiar? Do I know you? You're not a debt collector, right?”
The duck laughed and pointed at herself. “It’s me, Della Duck! Remember? I took your staff for a joyride? We had a bonding experience over nachos?”
Eda blinked, and a smile appeared as she snorted. “Della?! Ha! Wow, it’s been ages! You got old girl!”
Della laughed. “You're one to talk! Didn’t you have red hair?”
Eda snorted as she ran a hand through her hair. “True, but I am still a foxy mama though. Silver is in.”
“I have several questions,” Huey asked.
“And I smell the start of a delicious backstory,” Luz added as she rubbed her hands.
“It’s not that big of a deal,” Della said. “Scrooge, Donald and I ran into her once during one of our adventures.”
Eda chuckled. “Yeah, that was a fun ride. Hey, did Scrooge ever get over the ‘you know what’?”
Della paused, and suddenly sucked air in and looked anywhere but Eda. “Yeah, about that. Great catching up and all, but you should probably leave before he hears that you’re here?”
Eda froze. “Y-you've got to be kidding. Don’t tell me that old coot is still alive-”
“EDA CLAWTHORNE!”
All heads turned and Luz spotted an old duck wearing a red jacket, a top hat on his head and an angry scowl on his face as he pointed a cane at the visitors.
“YOU HAVE SOME NERVE SHOWING UP HERE!”
“Oh boy,” Eda said as she grabbed Luz’s arm. “Time to go, kiddo!”
“What?” Luz cried. “But what about-”
“Oh, no you don’t!” Scrooge yelled as he wrapped his cane handle around Eda’s wrist. “YOU AREN’T GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL YOU RETURN THE COPPER PIPES YOU STOLE YOU SHIFTY SHORTCHANGING CHARLATAN!”
“Copper pipes?” Louie asked in disbelief. “Really? In this economy?”
Eda rolled her eyes as she wrapped her hands around the cane. “Aw come on, Scroogey no need to be so hostile-”
Scrooge snarled. “I have every right to be horrendously hostile you-”
“Even when I specifically came here - across the dimensional void - just to bring back those pipes?” Eda gestured to the corner of the room. “All six of them, right over there!”
“What?” Scrooge looked. “I don’t see-”
Eda kicked Scrooge off his cane and watched the duck tumble flat on his face.
“And that definitely makes it time to go!” Eda said as she took the mirror, twisted the handle and sparks started to fly. “Say your goodbyes, kid, because we are out of here!”
“Uh, okay,” Luz said as Eda pulled her towards the emerging portal. “Sorry about this!”
“No worries,” Webby said as Dewey helped Scrooge up. “Send me a letter! I've always wanted an extradimensional pen-pal!”
Luz could see Scrooge rallying to give chase, but her view was abruptly eclipsed by the swirling blue of the portal as she was pulled through. Both Eda and Luz collided at the foot of the couch as the portal disappeared behind them.
King sipped his hot chocolate as he peered over them from the couch.
“So! How was the site of my future conquest?” he asked.
Luz pointed an arm up. “Not the human realm, but we met some friendly talking ducks and I got Eda backstory so I'm still calling it a win.”
“And I got a free cane,” Eda declared as she waved the cane up in the air.
Luz narrowed her eyes. “You should really give that back.”
Eda snarked. “Luz, trust me, that guy has a ton of these things.” She held up in the air and fiddled with the handle. “I wonder if-”
A laser blazed out of the cane's tip without warning. Hooty yelped, spiraling out of the way it shot through the wall behind him.
“...Oooh, Mama like,” Eda cooed, eyes sparkling as she raced outside. “Let’s see what this bad boy can do!”
“Mass destruction! Untold mayhem! Unfettered obliteration! It's my turn next!” King shouted as he gave chase.
Luz sighed as she put down the mirror. “Alright, so...I can check off the mirror at least. Not a way home, but not bad. Maybe leave the Owl Lady here next time.”
Luz heard more blasts being fired, and the growing sounds of rampaging fires. She briefly considered going outside to reduce the carnage, but decided it might be better to write that letter to Webby instead.
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Luz rubbed her hands eagerly as she looked over the handheld mirror. “Alright, mysterious device of arcane mystery, let’s see if you can bring me back to the human realm!’
“Are you sure you want to do this, kiddo?” Eda asked as she crossed her arm. “We know even less about this thing than your last portal attempt.”
“But the inscription says it leads to another world when you twist the handle,” Luz said as she clasped her hands.
“Doesn’t mean it’s the human realm,” Eda added. “There are plenty of bizarre worlds out there. For all we know this thing's connected to a world of man eating toe bats or something.”
“Where did you two find this outrageous ornament anyway?” King said as he poked the mirror.
“We didn’t,” Eda said with a deep sigh, shoving King’s paw away. “Hooty coughed it up and apparently doesn’t even remember where he picked it up. Not that he remembers much to begin with.”
King grimaced. “Yuck, he really needs to be more aware of what he eats.”
“Anyway,” Luz continued as she put her hands on her hips, “it’s still worth trying. Worst case it should lead back here, right?”
Eda sighed as she ruffled her hair. “All right, but I’m coming with you. King, how about you? Up for a little interdimensional exploration?”
“Naw,” King said as he left the room. “My tummy is craving hot chocolate and I’ve decided to graciously fulfill its demand.”
“Save some for me,” Luz said as she picked up the mirror. “This shouldn’t take long.”
“Well, those are some ominous last words, but let’s give it a go,” Eda said as she placed a hand on Luz’s shoulder.
Luz bit her lower lip as she gave the mirror handle a hard twist.
The mirror sparked madly, before suddenly erupting with blue energy. The mirror seemed to shine, and the energy formed into a swirling portal.
“Alright,” Luz said with a deep breath. “Here goes.” Holding the mirror close to her chest, Luz stepped through the portal together with Eda.
They found themselves in a room. A very normal human looking room with a bunk bed and human style clothes scattered around it.
Hope flickered in Luz's eyes. Was it possible? Had she made it home?! Did she-
Someone, not Eda, cleared their throat and Luz turned.
Her joy evaporated.
Four pairs of eyes were staring at her. Eyes belonging to what seemed to be humanoid ducks. One was wearing a pink dress with a cute bow, another wore a blue shirt and a stunned expression. The third wore a red hat and shirt and seemed to be working out what question to ask first, while the fourth wore a green hoodie and held a soda can.
“Um...Hi,” Luz said slowly with a nervous smile. “Please don’t freak-”
The duck in green growled as he rubbed his eyes and set down the soda can. The actual soda can, Luz found her eyes drawn to it. “Dewey, I thought you promised not to invite extra-dimensional beings into our bedroom again!”
“It wasn't me!” the duck, likely named Dewey, objected. “I mean, it was me that other time, but in my defense the number of views for my show have never been higher.”
“While that may be numerically true, that is strictly relative,” the duck with the red hat replied dryly. "The number of views were even higher that time you left the camera on for twenty minutes of Mrs. Beakley cleaning the carpet."
“Uh….” Luz said as Eda looked around.
“Talking ducks? Hey, I think I’ve been to this world,” Eda muttered.
Before Luz could ask what she meant, the duck with the cute bow bounced up to her.
“Hi, I’m Webby!” she greeted and pointed behind her. “That’s Louie, Dewey and Huey! What’s your name?”
“I’m Luz, and this is Eda the Owl Lady,” Luz replied, slightly amazed by her chipper attitude. “Sorry, we didn’t mean to barge in-”
“Boys, what was that noise?!” shouted a female voice with a British accent.
“One second,” Huey said as he poked his head out of the room. “A portal opened and now we've got visitors from another world.”
There was a brief pause. “Are they dangerous?”
Huey pulled his head back. “Hostile or non-hostile?”
“Well, some call me a foxy mama and I've slain many a heart, kiddo,” Eda said with a wink.
Huey raised an eyebrow and glanced at Luz. “Non-hostile then?”
Luz nodded as Huey poked his head out again.
“They’re not dangerous, Mrs. Beakley!” he shouted.
“Alright, I’ll be up once these dishes have been dealt with,” the voice shouted back.
“You guys are oddly calm about this,” Luz said as she tilted her head.
Louie scoffed as he shoved his hands into the front pocket of his hoodie. “Please, on average we get at least one weird portal opening in our house a month.”
“It was twice last month,” Dewey replied and shivered. “I still can’t get that centaur’s song out of my head.”
"Averages, Dewford!"
“Okay, then,” Luz said, wondering to herself exactly what kind of life these ducks had.
Huey pointed to the mirror in Luz’s hand. “So, given the evidence, my hypothesis is that this is what created the portal. It wasn't red, so I'm assuming it doesn't use the same method as the Solego circuit - is it magic? Runic designs, or some sort of divine blessing?”
Luz blinked and blushed realizing she had almost forgotten she was holding it.
“Uh, yeah, again sorry, we kind of just found it and were experimenting,” Luz said as she held it up. “I’ll just turn so we can-”
“Now, hold up, kiddo,” Eda said with a smirk. “I’ve been to this world before and it’s actually pretty fun. A lot more accepting of avian people than the Boiling Isles, if you catch my drift. It might actually be worth having a short visit here.”
“I can’t help but note you’re not asking our opinion here,” Louie asked. "I should really start charging tolls on interdimensional travel..."
Dewey stepped forward and pointed. “More importantly will you or will you not come onto my show for an interview?”
“How much are you willing to pay?” Eda said.
“Nevermind that,” Webby said as she grinned at Luz. “Are you a magic user?”
“I’m, er, a witch in training,” Luz said as she rubbed the back of her neck.
“Oooh, I should introduce you to Lena and Violet,” Webby continued. “We can compare notes - do you have a scrapbook of arcane secrets too?!”
“Oh really,” Luz said as her eyes sparked. That did sound like fun.
“Kids,” a female voice called out and another duck - female-sounding, wearing a pilot uniform - entered the room. “Beakley mentioned something about a portal-”
Suddenly, she gasped and pointed. “Eda Clawthorne! Is that you?”
Eda frowned and tilted her head. “You look kind of familiar? Do I know you? You're not a debt collector, right?”
The duck laughed and pointed at herself. “It’s me, Della Duck! Remember? I took your staff for a joyride? We had a bonding experience over nachos?”
Eda blinked, and a smile appeared as she snorted. “Della?! Ha! Wow, it’s been ages! You got old girl!”
Della laughed. “You're one to talk! Didn’t you have red hair?”
Eda snorted as she ran a hand through her hair. “True, but I am still a foxy mama though. Silver is in.”
“I have several questions,” Huey asked.
“And I smell the start of a delicious backstory,” Luz added as she rubbed her hands.
“It’s not that big of a deal,” Della said. “Scrooge, Donald and I ran into her once during one of our adventures.”
Eda chuckled. “Yeah, that was a fun ride. Hey, did Scrooge ever get over the ‘you know what’?”
Della paused, and suddenly sucked air in and looked anywhere but Eda. “Yeah, about that. Great catching up and all, but you should probably leave before he hears that you’re here?”
Eda froze. “Y-you've got to be kidding. Don’t tell me that old coot is still alive-”
“EDA CLAWTHORNE!”
All heads turned and Luz spotted an old duck wearing a red jacket, a top hat on his head and an angry scowl on his face as he pointed a cane at the visitors.
“YOU HAVE SOME NERVE SHOWING UP HERE!”
“Oh boy,” Eda said as she grabbed Luz’s arm. “Time to go, kiddo!”
“What?” Luz cried. “But what about-”
“Oh, no you don’t!” Scrooge yelled as he wrapped his cane handle around Eda’s wrist. “YOU AREN’T GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL YOU RETURN THE COPPER PIPES YOU STOLE YOU SHIFTY SHORTCHANGING CHARLATAN!”
“Copper pipes?” Louie asked in disbelief. “Really? In this economy?”
Eda rolled her eyes as she wrapped her hands around the cane. “Aw come on, Scroogey no need to be so hostile-”
Scrooge snarled. “I have every right to be horrendously hostile you-”
“Even when I specifically came here - across the dimensional void - just to bring back those pipes?” Eda gestured to the corner of the room. “All six of them, right over there!”
“What?” Scrooge looked. “I don’t see-”
Eda kicked Scrooge off his cane and watched the duck tumble flat on his face.
“And that definitely makes it time to go!” Eda said as she took the mirror, twisted the handle and sparks started to fly. “Say your goodbyes, kid, because we are out of here!”
“Uh, okay,” Luz said as Eda pulled her towards the emerging portal. “Sorry about this!”
“No worries,” Webby said as Dewey helped Scrooge up. “Send me a letter! I've always wanted an extradimensional pen-pal!”
Luz could see Scrooge rallying to give chase, but her view was abruptly eclipsed by the swirling blue of the portal as she was pulled through. Both Eda and Luz collided at the foot of the couch as the portal disappeared behind them.
King sipped his hot chocolate as he peered over them from the couch.
“So! How was the site of my future conquest?” he asked.
Luz pointed an arm up. “Not the human realm, but we met some friendly talking ducks and I got Eda backstory so I'm still calling it a win.”
“And I got a free cane,” Eda declared as she waved the cane up in the air.
Luz narrowed her eyes. “You should really give that back.”
Eda snarked. “Luz, trust me, that guy has a ton of these things.” She held up in the air and fiddled with the handle. “I wonder if-”
A laser blazed out of the cane's tip without warning. Hooty yelped, spiraling out of the way it shot through the wall behind him.
“...Oooh, Mama like,” Eda cooed, eyes sparkling as she raced outside. “Let’s see what this bad boy can do!”
“Mass destruction! Untold mayhem! Unfettered obliteration! It's my turn next!” King shouted as he gave chase.
Luz sighed as she put down the mirror. “Alright, so...I can check off the mirror at least. Not a way home, but not bad. Maybe leave the Owl Lady here next time.”
Luz heard more blasts being fired, and the growing sounds of rampaging fires. She briefly considered going outside to reduce the carnage, but decided it might be better to write that letter to Webby instead.
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