[Draft] Mundane
Pop. Pop. Crackle. I lay by the glowing hearth, flames dancing in front of me. Sounds of water tap, tap, along the roof and windows. It is so easy to fall asleep these days. The gentle crackling of fire, rhythmic taps of rain on the roof, the...
Search for Geneva's heart chapter 2
As we flew over the tree tops, our home slowly disappeared behind us. Looking forward, I prayed silently to Fenrir that we make it back in time before the village was forced to move. An sharp pain stung my heart as my throat tightened with sorrow....
My Arctic and Me: “How We Came to Be”
It was a dark, stormy early-spring night in Jasper. The trees seemed to writhe in the gusty wind. I'd barely made it into my dugout den ahead of the rain and settled down to wait out the storm. Then the thunder and lightning came. I cowered down into...
Makai - chapter 1
Makai It dances like two Thompson gazelle, this waterfall; males competing for a female. Their horns clash and their hooves strike the ground, pushing off. Dust drifting from beneath them, each strike a maximum expression of their ability to take and...
Aberration, Part 6 - Finally
My captor slides me into her palm, a single thread of saliva acting as the last leash tying me to the prison of her carnivore teeth; it snaps as she holds me out at arm's length. Exposed to the elements once more, I blanket myself in tails to hide my...
Nobody's Servant, Part 14 - Living Situation
I'm sitting on one of the side balconies of the upper lounge. The recent happenings have understandably made the other passengers hesitant to go out in the open, which works just fine for me. I need the solitude. More specifically, someone I need to...
Righting Your Wrongs (Chapter 3)
**Unwelcome **** Visitor** I sat in silence for the rest of our short trip to my new home. I had managed to hold back most of the tears I wanted to release but I didn't want to become compromised over a mistake. I had moved on, at least...
Chapter 2: An Eerie Visitor
It's not often I rise with the sun, but today seems to be one of those days. Considering the amount of homework I left myself last night, I suppose it shouldn't surprise me; my subconscious holds me accountable better than any alarm could. I sit up...
Nobody's Servant, Part 21 - Redundancy
Have you ever left a particularly dismal news broadcast on and sunk deeper and deeper into a pit of self-made despair even though you could get up and turn it off at any time? This is like that, except for the part about being able to turn it off. ...
Greenwood - Leo Investigation
"Ikita!" It wasn't even lunchtime yet when that pompous lion couldn't help but yell my name from across the agency. I put my stack of files on the table and ran to his desk, dodging with a nimble paw the annual tidy-up, not without flicking a...
Clarity
Alright, so this is something I kinda wanted to put in for the winter story contest. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that was happening until it was too late and didn't get it done in time. But whatever. It's up now, and it's radically different from...
A Rainy Day
\>Mondays were always the worst for you, and you learned to both love and hate them. \>It didn't help you couldn't sleep for shit to begin with. \>But the best talks were always late at night with your pals. \>The best shows were always at one am...