Lonely Oak Chapter 49
"No! Matthew that's a grease-fire!" The instructor's words were far too late. The children were learning how to cook meat on a bowl-grill. No one was misbehaving or playing around, everyone was very careful. In fact, some were a little too...
Lonely Oak Chapter 63
"Tonight?" Rini sat in the middle of the couch. The TV played without sound, on some random channel. "...No." Beside her, Goren talked on her cellphone. Ritzer had called. "Dude, I don't care. I'm busy; I have plans." By the sounds of it,...
Lonely Oak Chapter 71
Hupp asks, 'so what did you all do for spring break?', you can raise your hand..." "yeah." she said plainly, letting the scenario drift away. "i'll bet rini will be impressed.
Lonely Oak Chapter 61
The bottom of Ket's shoes scraped along the cement as he padded alongside Emeral. Gone was the formerly encroaching smell of sea-salt and -weed. Away with the ever-present grains of sand and endless flatland from side to side. Mute was the constant...
Spring 2016
It was late enough in the spring that it wasn't too chilly yet, but they both knew that they'd want to either be on shore and dry or back in the water by the time the sun fully set. finally, the otter asked, "so, like... what do you want?"
Lonely Oak Chapter 48
"Pull!" Lyza's fists clenched tighter. She waited, waited, waited. When the force of the sound hit her, she felt it stop her heart and shove the breath from her lungs, like someone had jabbed her in the gut. Kval pumped the shotgun and readied it...
A Fox, a Dog and a Raven - Chapter 26 (Clean Slate - Part 5)
Naruto retorted, padding past kiba to the sliding door that led to the hot spring. kiba pouted and followed naruto out, sasuke following close behind with an amused expression. compared to the hot springs in konoha it was very simple and rustic.
Lonely Oak Chapter 51
It was still gray out. A sheet of clouds covered the sky, colored between violet and blue. It was damply quiet, the only sound the grunting of toads as they lumbered in the wet morning grass. Lyza sleepily walked down the hill. Her brother and she...
Lonely Oak Chapter 73
Ket opened his eyes. "_Dang it._" He knew the whisper came from Emmy, even though he couldn't see her. "What?" He groggily asked. "Go back to sleep." She told him. He yawned, and moved his hand about. She was nearby, but he couldn't tell where...
Lonely Oak Chapter 40
The edge of the water coiled up before them like a spring, the next wave rolling forward toward them, breaking several yards away still. a second later the water crashed against them.
Lonely Oak Chapter 35
"Come on Ket, they'll be here any minute!" Ket huffed, picking up his backpack and a large, heavy duffel bag. He looked about the room very quickly, mentally running through a checklist in his head. He panned about the room, in case he saw something...
Spring Awakening
A poem about the spring. inspired by walking in a garden of flowers.