Cockles
**Cockles** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _ _ _ _ I didn't know why he was mad at me. My father, rough around the whiskers with a coat hiding most of his black, feline fur from view, stood at the water's edge, the...
The Black Horse
**The Black Horse** ** ** I should have known better. Tears stream where they shouldn't, my hooves flying over the turf. I know this route but I don't know it - everything looks different in the dark! I snort and toss my head, eyes surely wild,...
Chosen: Chapter One
**Chosen** **Chapter 1** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _Commissioned by Chirmaya Nashaar_ ** ** ** ** Tayna blinked, the room slowly coming into focus through eyes bleary from sleep. Damp stained the upper right corner of the...
Chosen: Chapter Five
**Chosen** **Chapter 5** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _Commissioned by Chirmaya Nashaar_ _ _ ** ** Tayna didn't know how long she ran for. For a time, it was effortless as dark melded into light, paws pounding rock and coarse...
Chosen: Chapter Four
**Chosen** **Chapter Four** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _Commissioned by Chirmaya Nashaar_ _ _ ** ** Thinking that she could hide her powers proved all too swiftly to be a false hope. Making a daisy grow, from just the one...
Chosen: Chapter Seven
**Chosen** **Chapter Seven** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _Commissioned by Chirmaya Nashaar_ _ _ ** ** Tayna sat cross-legged before the carefully struck embers of a fire, the tip of her tail flicking as her mother hummed a...
Chosen: Chapter Ten
**Chosen** **Chapter Ten** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _Commissioned by Chirmaya Nashaar_ _ _ ** ** Tayna rolled in a deep slumber, tossed on a tide that controlled her waking and retained her sleeping. It clung to her, a deep...
My Friends, the Stars
**Stolas Week 2022** **Space/Constellations** ** ** **My Friends, the Stars** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _ _ _ _ Stolas took a long drag of the cigarette, playing with the portal that broke through the...
Luxu's Fluffy Destruction
**Luxu's Fluffy Destruction** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _Commissioned by Artoochu2014_ _ _ _ _ Luxu giggled as she skipped down the street, dressed comfortably, though it did not stop anyone from seeing just...
Taking on a New Life: Part Sixteen
**Taking on a New Life** **Part Sixteen** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare)_ _Commissioned by Kittenrose232_ _ _ _ _ Adagio sighed, pinching her fingers to the spot between her eyes. As usual, Olivia and Aria were...
D-Day
**D-day** They lined up the bodies like bread soldiers with my wolf cub's breakfast. Pierre ate an egg that morning, which was more than his usual fare, considering our rations. My wife and I never wanted him to feel the beast of our snarling...
My Little Annoyance
**My Little Annoyance** ** ** _Written by Arian Mabe_ _ _ ** ** How does he walk in such a way that incites anger, frustration roiling to the surface like a cauldron of boiling snakes? Storming, through the room, he strides as if he is the most...