The Owl House: Not a Human? [Viney x Enby!OC]

Chapter 1-13: Really Small Problems

While I finish eating my breakfast, Luz talks to Gus and Willow through Mom's crystal ball like it's a video call.

Mom stairs something on the stove, probably some kind of potion, and Luz says, "So they said I couldn't remove my thumb, but look at that!" She pretends to remove her thumb, adding, "Whoop!"

Gus exclaims in a panicked tone, "You sliced it off! You sliced off your own thumb!"

Willow chuckles, saying, "You make doing homework actually fun."

Luz says, "And they say humans can't do magic."

I stand up and place my plate in the sink, saying, "Come on, Z. We've got to get ready for school soon."

She waves me off, so I go upstairs to grab our school bags, coming back down when I hear Luz's alarm start ringing for 8 o'clock am.

Luz says to her friends, "School time! See you guys in class!"

I say, "Bye, guys! See ya soon!"

Willow says, "Bye!"

Gus asks worriedly, "But what about the thumb?!"

Luz ends the call, and King sighs disappointedly, his face shoved inside a slice of bread. Oh boy, the comedy hour again. Yay. I can't wait to hear thousands of bread puns instead of learning magic.

I grab Luz's hand, saying, "Come on, Luz. We've gotta go."

She says to King, "Hey, don't worry. We'll finish our comedy hour when Mel and I get home."

She kisses King's skull, and finally heads for the door.

King chuckles, muttering, "Oh, you!"

Luz says in a sing-songy voice, "Try not to miss us while we're gone!"

She closes the door, and we start making our way to Hexside. Before we could even get to Bonesborough, I get a message from Willow on the scroll Mom gave me saying that school was closed because of a pixie infestation, so Luz and I turn right back around and head home. I open the door to a confused look from Mom and an excited look from King.

Mom starts, "Hey, you're-"

King interrupts her, finishing her sentence, "You're back!" He climbs up Luz and settles on her head, adding, "I didn't miss you at all."

I chuckle, saying sarcastically, "Oh, yeah. I can tell you really 'didn't' miss us, King." I boop his nose, adding in a teasing tone, "I missed you too, your majesty."

Mom asks, "How come you kids are home so soon? You're not playing hooky are you? Because if you are, I totally support it."

Luz shakes her head, saying, "Apparently there's an infestation of pixies at Hexside, so school's been cancelled."

King says, "That sounds like a crumby situation."

Luz and King laugh, and Mom and I sigh.

Hooty enters the room, exclaiming, "Hey! Guess what's been in my mouth that I'm about to throw up!"

He gags for several long moments as we all stare at him in disgust.

He finally throws up a bunch of letters and a box, exclaiming, "The mail!"

Mom starts going through the letters, muttering, "Junk, junk, death hex."

She tosses the death hex letter into a trashcan, which condenses into a dark purple ball before disappearing entirely. Good thing that trashcan wasn't her.

She flips through a few more letters before revealing a flier, saying, "Oh, a carnival's in town today!"

Luz asks, "A carnival?" She takes King off her head, saying to him, "You know, Mel and I have been so busy with school lately, what do you say we take this comedy hour on tour? It'll be a Luz, Mel, and King day!"