Darkness and Starlight 25 - Possession
James found himself still within the forest clearing, the darkened glade barely touched by the sunny skies above. Yet an even greater darkness could be felt within the area. Koopin's scream had pierced deep into his heart, as he woke with a pang of...
Darkness and Starlight 24 - Love and Hate Collide
Koopin shivered in the grasp of the raptor's hand, a cold air of death sweeping over him that replaced the warmth he had once known. The raptor's eyes, blacker than any he had known, gazed upon him curiously with intrigue. His voice now resonated with...
Darkness and Starlight 18 - The Star Warrior
He felt as if he had awoken from a long troubled sleep, his eyes now feeling strangely as light as a feather. A peaceful resonance covered the land around him, the very aura of this strange place soon washing over him with its soothing presence. A dark...
Darkness and Starlight 16 - Disaster On a Clear Day
The next day, Koopin was still recovering in the hospital hut of Yoshi's Island. While the locals were incredibly forthcoming and helpful, with even a few visits from strangers wishing him the best in recovering, he was still downtrodden by his own...
Darkness and Starlight 8 - Black and Blue
When Lee arrived to the dojo from his studies, he was informed of Koopin's progress, much to Chan's stinging shame. The beetle nevertheless took it on the chin for his older disciple and friend, as both him and the Master explained. After the day's...
A Fatal Game 1 - The First Night
**THE CHRONICLES OF FINALGAMER A Fatal Game** _"There must be ghosts all over the world. They must be as countless as the grains of the sands, it seems to me. And we are so miserably afraid of the light, all of us." Mrs Helene Alvin, Gengangere_ ...
He Walks As My Shadow 7 - The Demon and the Werewolf
Two days after the nightmare, Jon Talbain visited them once again. He sat with Felicia on the hotel bed, while James sat on his own opposite them. The werewolf could tell, even without Felicia's telling of that nightmarish awakening, that the raptor...
All Things Quiet And Sweet 13 - No Matter What You Did
He could see the shadow of the beast looming from the other side of a building ahead. A post office. He was tired of running away. Now he was going to make sure that every monster he came across, would die by his own hand in every single way he could...
Crocs of the Leather Stick Together 15 - Krooked Keep
The castle of the captain of the kremlings was already intimidating enough from afar, but up close it only became even more daunting for the raptor, alone without his friend to guide him as he stood upon the bridge. The first thing he had to realise...
Crocs of the Leather Stick Together 7 - Stalwart Simians
Not more than two days had passed since the public execution, which still ingrained itself into James' head at how disturbing the captain could be with such a cold steady hand in such a gruesome act. The raptor had no other orders except to continue...
A Dino's Crisis 6 - Run Raptor Run
After the clash with Alpha, which as far as the pack knew was just a failed challenge for leadership and nothing more, James began to leave Eyeclaw alone, and continued with his own affairs. More than a year after his regression, Barren had become...
A Dino's Crisis 4 - Danger Is Its Own Reward
James watched with silent intrigue at the two raptors, the leader and the exile. From how they acted to each other, they were seemingly rather close with each other, closer than what would be expected between their places. _"So you still seek...