Spyro's Old Flame: Chapter 5 - Claw-Painting
Dark Hollow had no business being so peaceful. The wind rustled softly through oak trees and well-kept hedges, spreading rust-red leaves over the grass. The lanterns were all lit and bathed the old bookshelves in a warm glow, illuminating all the dark...
Spyro's Old Flame: Chapter 4 - Spyro's Whole New Flame
Ashes hopped ahead of him and seemed, for her part, as cheerful and enthusiastic as she'd been when they met, if a little more eager to get to Dragon Beach already. Having been reassured that Spyro was every bit the hero she always imagined he was, she...
Spyro's Old Flame: Chapter 3 - Dragon's Don't Drink Tea
They walked in silence. Uncomfortable, awkward, so-thick-you-could-cut-it-with-a-claw silence. Flame had realized very suddenly that he didn't feel like talking about Spyro at all. That the story of how they grew up as hatchlings, and then grew apart...
Spyro's Old Flame: Chapter 2 - Hatchlings
Her name was Ashes, apparently, and for being one of Ember's friends she seemed surprisingly tolerable. Dragon Beach was on the opposite end of the island, a sad piece of sand nestled between Coastal Remains and the elder temple that barely deserved...
Spyro's Old Flame: Chapter 1 - Autumn Plains
Flame had never been the adventurous type. In fact, had it not been for a certain purple dragon, he'd probably be sitting in his cave right now, with a warm cup of tea in his talons. Or maybe he'd be practicing his claw-painting or reading a good...
Spyro's Old Flame: Chapter 7 - Flame's First Flight
A dragon looking out from on top of Dragonfly Falls, by the cliff edge commonly referred to as "the ramp", could be forgiven for thinking that the world was flat and that it ended right at his feet. Before Flame remained a few feet of grass, safe,...
Spyro's Old Flame: Chapter 8 - Back in Dark Hollow
Flame winged through the night, flying as fast as he could. Below him, the island swooshed by in ultrarapid, hills, trees and towers turning into an indistinct blur. He didn't slow down until the temple was far in the distance, until he saw the lights...
Spyro's Old Flame: Chapter 6 - Not on the List
Flame loved to fly. He loved to launch himself into the air and watch the many castles, hills, and rivers that made up their realm shrink into insignificance below his wings. The wind was cold and strong, and raindrops drizzled against his scales, but...
JUXTAPOSITION Chapter 5 - Transport Vehicles
**- Chapter 5: TRANSPORT VEHICLES -** "Wait a minute here, that doesn't make any sense." It was the first Benji had interrupted Bolt's story to say anything else than an occasional "mhm" or "go on". Bolt looked up. "What doesn't make any sense?"...
JUXTAPOSITION Ch. 8 - Leaving
**- Chapter 8: LEAVING -** "B... Bolt!? Is that you!?" Bolt glanced to the side, his muzzle still tightly pressed against Benji's. What he saw next made his heart jump and his ears perk up in surprise. Right there on the pier, he could see a...
JUXTAPOSITION Chapter 7 - Get A Room
**- Chapter 7: GET A ROOM -** Bolt looked out over the river, beams from the early sun warming his cold fur. It seemed so much larger now, and with the waves disappearing under the pier, it almost felt like he was moving forward over the water. With...
JUXTAPOSITION Chapter 6 - Yin Yang
**- Chapter 6: YIN YANG -** "Where am I?" Benji rubbed his eyes with his paws, trying to stop the world around him from spinning. He looked and saw three white shepherd faces staring down on him, concern in their eight brown eyes. Benji rubbed his...