Felix sat (moped, really) on the curb.

In the shop behind him, Sadie was purchasing hair dye. In the library down the block, Cleo was no doubt having the time of her life. Felix…Felix was bored out of his mind, still paying for the 'irresponsible stunt' he pulled at the zoo.

Felix didn't get why he was still being punished. All those poor animals were back in their cages—wasn't that punishment enough?

Felix eyed the bus stop across the street; longing to catch a ride to the zoo, the grocery store, even school. Anything but his room at Brooklyn House, anything but this stinking curb (which he'd been sitting on for more than 30 minutes.)

But, Felix scowled, he couldn't. Sadie had used Zia's magic ribbons to tie him to a bike rack, so he wasn't going anywhere.

When he'd insisted on fresh air, this hadn't been what he meant.

The bus pulled away, taking Felix's plans for travel with it. Felix took his gaze off the place the bus had disappeared, and returned them to the bench that served as a bus stop.

Where he spotted something even more magical than the bus.

A brown-haired, rasta-capped kid with a set of reed pipes strung around his neck. And the best part? He had goat legs.

Felix was no stranger to half-human, half-animal creatures, but since the gods had been driven into the duat, sightings like these had become far and few in between. Plus, he'd been under house arrest. This was the most exciting thing to happen to Felix in days.

"Sadie!" He yelled at her through the glass between them. "Look!"

Sadie looked up. "What?" She mouthed.

"Look!" He yelled, and gestured at the goat boy across the street.

Sadie pressed her face against the glass and squinted across the street. She shrugged, not seeing what Felix did.

"Look! He's half goat!" Felix yelled. "I bet we'd see horns if he took his hat off!"

Sadie didn't even look this time, just rolled her eyes. She walked away from the window.

"Gah!" Felix was tempted to bash his head into the bike rack. Why did he even try?

Hey there! Sorry for the long wait and the short chapter :S Haven't been feeling so well lately.