Treading Chapter 9 - Requoran Neotrian
**--Naki--** "And what were you doing that was so important that you didn't -call- to tell us that you wouldn't be home? You had us worried sick, Naki!" mom says, keeping her voice just below shouting levels. I try to keep a straight face but I'm...
Treading Chapter 17 - Treading
--Naki-- "You haven't called us in a while. How're your classes?" Dad asks over the phone as I walk through campus on my way back from my last midterm exam. It's late-- the professor pushed the exam back due to some scheduling conflict so we just...
Treading Chapter 8 - Registration
**--Naki--** Fen and I don't talk as much for a few days. When I do manage to get him on the phone, our conversations are short and they don't flow as well as they did in previous weeks. I notice he's more agitated, especially on the topic of...
Connected
"Aren't finals finished? You should be out of school now, shouldn't you?" A voice comes up from the edge of my desk. I don't have to look to know it's Ray; a 3-inch tall, white-furred wolf Xori. I keep tapping at my keyboard, just responding to a few...
Treading Chapter 12 - Problems Afoot
**--Fen--** My first class is General College Physics I., which will hopefully be more exciting than the name implies. It's in a lecture hall across from the one where my orientation class is held every Thursday and my professor is thankfully not...
Weight On My Shoulders
#4 of short stories another writing prompt - this time offered up to me by jevin during his trip over to visit me here in the uk.
Treading Chapter 14 - The Fall
**--Fen--** When I was younger I was less aware of what I was compared to the other students in my class. I knew that my cloaker allowed me to grow and shrink but that didn't matter. I never took it off at school so, as far as I was concerned, I was...
Treading Chapter 2 - Rumors
**--Fen--** "Naki Pelwisk? Really?" Sian looks up from the greasy-looking slice of pizza settled on his plate. "He offered to help you swim? Just like that?" The raccoon chuckles, shaking his head. "Lucky~, he's got a nice rear on'em I bet." ...
Treading Chapter 16 -- Rory’s Party
**--Naki--** It's hard to believe its only been a little more than a week since we watched Fen's parents leave, especially with everything that's happened since. Incidents have been picking up across Neotria. Just yesterday I'd heard that some...
Treading Chapter 10 - Move-in
**--Fen--** "It'll be fine, Naki isn't going to do anything bad to me," I mutter as we ride towards Phalance's main campus. Today's the day we move in and I couldn't be more excited-- or should I say anxious? Neither could my parents, apparently, as...
Undertow: Prologue -- Chapter 1 - A Cold Wind
**Undertow: Prologue** **Chapter 1 - A Cold Wind** **--Naki--** I can't wait for summer break. The spring semester has worn on me from day one and the fact that the end is in sight seems to only make it come more slowly. Plus, I'm excited. I think...
Roommates
"I thought you said you'd be busy today," Kwandry states, walking into his apartment with Startide following closely behind. "Well I did," Startide responds, smiling a little and slinking over to the red panda before wrapping his arms around and...