Chapter 13: Difficult Conversations
Chapter 13: Difficult Conversations After breakfast Saturday morning, Flora, Pete, and Cynthia found an open table in the library and quietly worked on their homework together. After a break for a late lunch, they returned to the library to use...
Chapter 12: A Call Home
Chapter 12: A Call Home Pete stepped into his room and carefully closed the door behind him. As per usual at this hour, Bill was not present, and since it was Friday evening, he wouldn't be in until late. The hare's absence was one reason Pete...
Chapter 11: Fox and Rabbit
Chapter 11: Fox and Rabbit Flora didn't get much sleep that night, tossing and turning with anxiety. After being awoken by the fox three times, Cynthia asked Flora to move her to her own bed for the remainder of the night. Flora started awake at...
Chapter 10: Group Work
Chapter 10: Group Work Pete joined Flora and Cynthia for breakfast on Tuesday and then at every meal following. Flora thought he was still more timid when her predator friends were present, but he seemed to be gradually becoming more comfortable...
Chapter 9: New Understanding
Chapter 9: New Understanding Flora helped Cynthia into her seat as they prepared for the start of organic chemistry class on Monday at the beginning of their fourth week of class. Flora was relieved that, after their calculus exam this morning,...
Chapter 8: Shower Fiasco
Chapter 8: Shower Fiasco Pete could hear someone in the shower next to his. He couldn't smell what species they were over the shampoo and thick water vapor, and the lack of this knowledge put him on edge. Pete normally showered early, before anyone...
Chapter 7: Fox and Wolverine
Chapter 7: Fox and Wolverine Classes kept them busy, but Flora and Cynthia still managed to meet their other friends at lunch or dinner each day. Friday, they spent the afternoon in a majestic maple with Rosemary and Chester. Rosemary carried the...
Chapter 6: Classes Begin
Chapter 6: Classes Begin Flora gently pushed herself up, careful to not bounce Cynthia too much, and slipped onto the thin carpeted floor. She silenced the jingling alarm on her phone, which was resting on her desk, and turned around to help the...
Chapter 5: Getting Settled
Chapter 5: Getting Settled With help from Chester, Rosemary, and Becca, Flora and Cynthia moved into room 337 of Hollow Oak Hall Thursday afternoon following the morning's seminars. Isabelle disappeared between Flora and Chester's first trip...
Chapter 4: The Vixen in the Northeast Wing
Chapter 4: The Vixen in the Northeast Wing The first time Pete saw the vixen he had just returned from lunch after the Orientation Seminars Thursday morning. He stepped out of the Northeast stairwell of Hollow Oak Hall and almost leapt out of his...
Chapter 3: Fox and Mouse
Chapter 3: Fox and Mouse Isabelle had reappeared by morning, and Flora stealthily slipped out of the room without waking the red vixen after donning a sky blue pleated skirt that ended an inch and a half above her knees and throwing her green...
Chapter 2: The Royal College of Vulpineva
Chapter 2: The Royal College of Vulpineva Isabelle was gone when Flora returned to her room. Flora was grateful for this because she didn't want the red vixen to see she'd been crying. She felt dumb, like a little kit, but she was all alone like...