Dancing Dragons
I was hiking through the woods one morning, trying to get my mind off dad. Again. He had finally crossed the line and hit me, as I'd always told mom he would. Now she wants a divorce and dad wants custody of me, so I ran away to get away from it all. I...
Monstrous Fangs
I was walking along the street, doing some window-shopping while I thought about what I'd done to get myself disowned. "What right did they have to call me a monster? Just because I'm autistic doesn't mean I'm a freak. One day I'll prove to them that...
Wolfwind
Spin, slash, parry to thrust. The motions were second nature to me now, twenty years later. Twenty years. Despite the weight of the thoughts in the fore of my mind my body continued uninterrupted; after so long such motions were no longer conscious...
Beastling's Rise
Another day, another few hours of trudging through classes. We have incredible power and yet we're made to live, act and think exactly the same as humans. I closed my eyes and flew on, landing on the Academy grounds and shifting back to my human form....
Thunderlord's Rise
He laughed again, a mocking, self-praising laugh that just ground me further into the mud. "You really thought I gave a damn about you? You were just an easy tool to use, nothing worth any real attention. Now get outta here before I take more than just...
Aether Rising
I watched them from the shadows, the two saviors of our world. Spyro and Cynder, the Prophesied One and the Queen of Darkness... And, in a way, my parents. I shuddered as the memory tried to overwhelm me again, the memory of my creation. The memory of...
Dragonmark
It was a seemingly normal day in the backwoods of North Carolina, the birds were singing, the crickets were chirping, and the sunset was beautiful. I was sitting under an ancient oak tree in my front yard, a tree so massive that I couldn't wrap my arms...
Thunderlord: The Beginning
I saw the valley below as another streak of lightning sheared through the darkness and torrential rain. It pleased me, knowing my home was so dangerous. It pleased me that anyone who would try to take this from me would have to risk death to do it, and...