Born to Serve - 02
Morning began with something cold. Maya did not know what it was that was chilling her but she felt it was not something she could sleep through. The blanket of sleep had fallen heavily over her and it took effort to shake free, but once the world...
Witch Blood - 03
Human manure should have been the first thing to sting her nostrils but instead there was the tang of freshly burnt wood. The voices of people did not call out and there were no children running by. The houses toward the center of the village seemed to...
Witch Blood - 04
The Graham Woods were not as terrible as Rhea imagined they would be but there seemed to be less magic in the air. Whether or not this was actually the case, green witches suffered the same limitation as druids when it came to places of power. From...
Seeds of a Glowing Ember - 04
From the darkness of an occupied guest room, Father Harold scratched a well-used quill diligently across a rough piece of parchment. The sight of an old priest writing feverishly in the flickering candlelight would have appeared natural if casually...
Watching Your Language
**Vulgarity** Sex is a very dirty thing (especially when done right) but it does not need to be crude. While some people are into that sort of thing, the truth is that the language of regular story telling applies here. **Death to...
Seeds of a Glowing Ember - 05
"Mother?" Lana had finally found the strength to call out the title from the shadows where she had been gathering her courage. There was an empty pause as she waited, and then the Countess curled a length of silk across the page she had been...
Seeds of a Glowing Ember – 06
Distant sunlight finally began to illuminate the cold gray cloud which had settled above their world. The fanatical rhythm of the stallion between his legs concerned him as he could not seem to slow the animal's vigor. Though this particular beast was...
Seeds of a Glowing Ember - 09
The fire crackled in its merry way as if the children were all in their beds. Though the old man knew it was all a lie, he let himself believe and remembered a time when young lovers frolicked through these halls and met in secret places to conduct...
Born to Serve - 03
Soft shoes made very little sound as Maya pressed onward along the docks. Though she paused to read the names of the ships, her neck kept turning involuntary behind her. A sick panic gnawed at her stomach as she came up empty again and again. If the...
08 - Mask of Courage
"Is that him?" Blue Shield asked as he laid flat on his stomach upon the too warm stone. "Oh yeah," Green River whispered softly, "that's him." "How can you tell?" Tick asked. "Looks a lot like the other red dragons," Tock echoed. "It's him,"...
Witch Blood - 07
A series of important events happened after that but Rhea was only vaguely aware of it. Every part of her had taken a beating and her body had received the least of it. Unimportant things like being dehydrated, covered in poison, and suffering several...
09 - Tumble Weeds
The heat of the volcanic craters lessened as they plodded wearily through the night, and the darkness was too thick for any of the dragons to find them. No ponies spoke as they cantered uneasily through the dusty oblivion of the Badlands. The stone...