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 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...
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." ...
Undertow : Prologue -- Chapter 4 - Anticipation
**--Naki--** It snowed heavily in the days leading up to Christmas; heavily enough that I didn't quite want to drive. I did, though, since today was the day Fen and I had agreed to meet up and talk about what he'd do on Christmas day. I figured...
Undertow: Prologue -- Chapter 3 - Nostalgia
**-Naki-** "That friend of yours is really helpful," Mom said as I helped her with the dishes. Khole was playing some video game Nathan convinced him to play since I didn't want to. Reggie was watching them and Dad was watching television in the...
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 2 - Give me time
Chapter 2 -- Give me time --Naki-- I was actually a little surprised at how well Khole had gotten along with my parents after the first six days of being back. He made me feel bad sometimes; helping out around the house, offering to sweep and...
Undertow: Prologue -- Chapter 6 - The End (of the beginning)
**--Naki--** The entire room quieted as Uncle Orville and Jerry walked down. I kept staring at them, almost daring Jerry to say anything. I just didn't have the patience for any of it; I wanted Fen to have as few negative memories about today as...
Undertow : Prologue -- Chapter 5 - Christmas
**--Naki--** Christmas morning was a crazy time for me. I had to wake up at six in the morning just to be able to get Fen on time to go to church with us. It was a struggle convincing him to go-- he figured I was just going to pick him up after...
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 4 - Championship
**--Fen--** That last weekend was the longest I'd ever experienced. I couldn't motivate myself to do much more than mull over what'd happened on Friday. What's weird is I couldn't figure out just why it bothered me so much. I'd already accepted that...