Lonely Oak Chapter 78 - Flight Of The Spelling Bee (Part 2)
It was Wednesday, but to Lyza it still felt like Monday. Not in the sense that the day had the attributes of a Monday: fresh start to the beginning of the week, sleeping in the day before, and having only a little more than half a day to herself. It...
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...
Lonely Oak Chapter 89
Monday I hate Mondays. This was going to be the worst Monday, ever-ever; I could just tell. He and I didn't see each other all weekend. We could have. But, we both decided that we didn't want to have another episode like before, when Panda came by. I...
Lonely Oak Chapter 42
When Ket's mom suddenly showed up beside them, telling them they were getting a bit far away, they decided to take a break. Back on shore, they found out that they had actually been out for two and a half hours, and once they discovered that it...
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 120 - How Bazaar
"Pledge. Pledge! Hey-hey! Pledge. _Hey!_" The classroom suddenly went silent. "...To the Republic, for which it stands," the students chanted, snapping into the patriotic pose. As soon as they were done, the announcements began, but amidst the...
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...
4X+Y Chapter 02 - Three Of Flowers
_So, there I was, little five-year-old Froggy, caught in the din of the big school lobby; with all the other quivering, home-sick Kindies, waiting to be herded to our safe, quiet classies._ _It was lonely, in a way. I only had two faces of which I...
Lonely Oak Chapter 14
Rebecca Ingrid Naomi Isonheim stepped out of the building onto the steps leading down to the earth. As she did so, she moved the long sleeves of her shirt over her arms down to her wrists. She so hated to cover her fur after it...
Lonely Oak Chapter 108 - Zoological
The turnstiles ratcheted and clicked as each of the kids passed through, excitedly reforming into their groups on the other side to begin looking at the animals. As the group of four passed through, they were handed a pamphlet with a map of the...
Lonely Oak Chapter 106 - Mrwt
"You are... growing crystals!" "Nope, not that either." Emeral huffed as she and Ket arrived at his door. "It _can't_ be Egyptian-related, that's too easy." He pulled out his key. "It is," he replied. "What!?" She raised her hands up in animated...
Lonely Oak Chapter 109 - Horseplay
The smaller group of four had seen dozens of animals while late morning turned to early afternoon. It was hard to believe only a few hours had passed, as it felt like they had seen the whole zoo. While the younger kids still goaded one another every...