Serval and Sheep (Chapter 18)
The crowd explodes into applause as the fireworks go off. Animals rise to their feet violently enough to rattle the worn bleachers, whooping and hollering, drunk on the energy that only exists in a pep rally. The whizzing roman candles and fountains...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 17)
The final preparations for the first pep rally of the year involve a rehearsal. Since this marks the beginning of the spring sports season for all sports, every member of every sports team was excused from seventh period and ushered into the...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 15)
Any student who strives for excellence becomes all too familiar with late nights. While the night time is a thrilling realm of drunken, rose-tinted escapades for most teens, the chains of academia bar the ambitious from diving into the dark honey of...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 12)
Although Lupercalia is on Friday, festivities are already in full swing by Monday. Thanks to the student council, the campus sparkles in fabulous pinks, reds, and whites. Hearts, streamers, cupids, and ribbons proudly twinkle in every corner. Colorful...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 11)
There is nothing more invigorating for a serval than cheer practice. Hafsa's life is full of hustle and bustle, but between schoolwork and paperwork, most of her activities are sedentary. If she didn't have cheerleading, she would've been arrested for...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 10)
A carnie should never let their guard down. Hafsa learned this the hard way before, but because she got complacent, or perhaps just because the universe decreed so, she has to learn that lesson all over again. Her reputation, and consequently her...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 6)
One firm shove from Leslie knocks Desmond to the ground. The urial shakes his head and offers a hand. "You're distracted today, captain," he sighs, "Are you feeling okay?" The Jacob sheep pushes himself up in a huff, ignoring Leslie's extended...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 5)
When I was born, my parents didn't know what to name me. They ended up picking the name Brian because it sounded nice. But for the first five minutes of my life, I wasn't Brian. I was a nameless animal, naked and crying, overwhelmed by a world I didn't...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 4)
Hafsa ate dinner with Solomon and Brian that evening. When she returned to her dorm, she threw it all back up. Claiming it was a pesky stomach bug to Molly, she hoped and prayed it would all leave her system. If she vomited hard enough, maybe that day...
Serval and Sheep (Chapter 2)
Hafsa had not slept all weekend. The memories of what happened Friday evening danced around her head like mischievous children. By all accounts, she shouldn't even be worried. I mean, she wasn't doing anything wrong. She was just eating a snack. It's...
Serval and Sheep Prologue: SIDE SHEEP
I can barely hear my breathing over the sound of the cheers. I wipe the sweat off my brows but it just soaks into the wool on my arms. I need to take a long shower today. Kenneth the ibex lay flat on his back, still a little dazed. He grunts as his...
Serval and Sheep Prologue: SIDE SERVAL
The end of another match. Me and the other girls finish our victory flourish, shaking our green pom-poms excitedly in the air, the ruffling of the streamers mimicking the elation of the crowd. As the fighters help each other up and shake hands,...