Escaping the Storm: Part 3
**_Escaping the Storm: Part 3_** A brisk walk through further into the city centre carried Erik to a nearby department store just minutes before closing. He'd had no intention of heading here upon leaving work, but with a family of Polcians now in...
Against All Odds: Part 27 - ...Relapse
**_Part 27 - ...Relapse_** _(Alexei)_ "Alex!" A soft yet persistent pounding against his muzzle stole Alexei from his sleep. With a yawn, he forced his eyes open to a squint, spotting Nathan's little arms clinging to his nose through the...
Escaping the Storm: Part 2
**_Escaping the Storm: Part 2_** "Please, Please." The trembling, brown-furred ferret shuffled back, hazel eyes wide with fear as he slipped deeper into the narrow space. "I... some Velikan speak. I--" "It's okay, I speak Polcian," Erik stated...
Escaping the Storm: Part 10
_ **Part 10** _ While that single, solitary week before departure day proved flat and unremarkable, the same certainly couldn't be said of the atmosphere that grew to fill and take over the house. It reached its peak the morning Pieter and his family...
Escaping the Storm: Part 7
Part 7 As had become par for the course, the start of another week of work-based tedium accompanied Tuesday's arrival. Erik stacked shelf after shelf, day after day with little to no praise for his efforts. By the time he'd fought on through to...
Fear and Desire - Part 4: Rock Bottom
_ **Fear and Desire** _ _ **Part 4: Rock Bottom** _ Sam let out a sharp, winded wheeze as he suddenly fell the short distance down to the cold turf below. Much to his surprise, he never registered a blow, other than the one to his chest upon...
Fences (AaO Universe)
_ **Fences** _ Lili slammed closed the cabinet beside our stove. "You can't seriously be considering this?" "Actually..." I watched her storm across our tiny kitchen. "I am." "But why _you_?" She looked down, groaning loudly at her empty paws. "Have...
Fear and Desire - Spirit of the Season
Well, I failed last year, but this year I've managed to put together a Christmas short story. In trying to come up with an idea, I decided to use the opportunity to give a little update to the world of my previous "full-length" tale '[Fear and...
Connections
_ **Connections** _ A heavy barge sent me staggering forward down the entrance slope. The will of my shoe rubber alone stopped me tumbling completely. I missed the culprit; too busy preventing myself from ploughing through the crowd and onto the...
Escaping the Storm: Part 6
Part 6 In the days that followed his discovery of Viktor's opinion on Polcians living in Velika, Erik made a conscious, determined effort to cut all contact with him. Largely, he remained successful; their only subsequent encounters being the...
The Treehouse
**_The Treehouse_** Jason dashed excitedly through the kitchen towards the back door. A cheerful smile beamed from his little face. "Mum, I'm going out to play in mine and Dad's treehouse, yea?" he cried out. "Hold on a minute!" she called after...
Foundations: Part 3 (AaO Side Story)
_ **Part 3** _ _(Jonas)_ Man, I was _so_happy Ma and Alen got on as well as they did. Not that I had any real doubt. Ma's so chatty and open, friendly and welcoming, that I never saw how it could go any different. Poor Alen. I could read him like a...