Showing Some Restraint
_Synopsis: Jarzyl comes up with a new game to play with her friends. (6,818 words)_ _---_ * * * Jarzyl Mintaka entered the library and headed straight for the front desk. She didn't know whether it was a deliberate effect created by magical spells...
A Light in the Dark
_This story is self-contained and can be read alone. (2,104 words)_ * * * _"1) Provide two examples **each** for the three different categories of magical affinity: Breath-class, Element-class, and Arcane-class."_ Atlas carefully dipped the tip of...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
The dragon hatchling stared intently at the tip of her tail, watching it flick from left to right. "Grrr!" she growled, though the noise coming from her throat sounded more like a childish purr than the deep rumbling growl of an adult dragon. The more...
Maycor and Demaeter 4
_4,064 words_ * * * "I'm definitely not being paid enough for all this trouble," Jarzyl decided. The young dragon strolled into the bathroom, carrying Maycor by his tail dangling from her jaws. Demaeter was trotting beside Jarzyl, and she repeatedly...
Maycor and Demaeter 3
_3,085 words_ * * * Almost all dragons enjoyed flight, even hatchlings. Jarzyl could easily recall the days not too long ago when she had been a hatchling herself, much smaller and lacking the wing strength to take flight. She had always enjoyed it...
Maycor and Demaeter II
_Here's another short slice of life story. More coming soon._ _7,241 words_ * * * Atlas sat still in the middle of the room, and with steady motions the dragon fledgling flapped his wings back and forth. A slow, sombre melody emanated from the wing...
Friendly Fledgling (with Fungus)
_Back to the more mundane slice-of-life stories. (2,758 words)_ * * * Atlas was sitting quietly at his desk, just one young dragon out of a class of two dozen, all listening to their teacher as he droned on about the mathematics behind flight...
Romance Rumours and Rocks
_Another little slice-of-life in the City of Wings._ _Inspired by a comment on the last story._ _(2,795 words)_ --- * * * Caden stood at the side of the school field, watching the morning bustle. It was still early enough that bright floodlights...
Duet, Duel, Dessert, Date, Dragons
_More Jarzyl, more Atlas, and another slice-of-life story in the City of Wings. Not sure I like that_ _title, but it'll suffice. (6,435 words)_ --- * * * With a flutter of his wings, Atlas landed on the balcony. The dragon fledgling took a moment to...
Half Horny Fledgling
Jarzyl and Caden were both seated at their desks, side by side, and the two dragon fledglings were comparing their homework sheets before class was about to start for the day. While they had both finished the assignment, their math answers didn't...
Jarzyl's Clan Crisis
Atlas was relaxing in his room, carefully tuning a wing harp. The musical instrument was a flat rack of hollow tubes in decreasing lengths--with a gap in the middle dividing the instrument into two. One half went on one wing, the other half went on the...
Marked Scales
Jarzyl led Atlas to her bedroom. "Hey, hey, check this out. I want to show you something." Scampering over to her desk, the dragon fledgling snatched up a small cardboard box and showed it to her friend. Atlas peered into the box. Inside was something...