Lonely Oak Chapter 94 - Bubble'n'Squeak
The day was humid. Since P.E., clouds had shrouded the skies and now the sun was hidden behind a gray, cumulonimbus monolith. Thankfully, now and again, a gentle breeze stirred the air. But that was a luxury, up in the Slide Tower. Emeral looked out...
Lonely Oak Chapter 125 - The Golden Leaf Award
Finally, it had arrived: the Last Day at Lonely Oak Elementary. Kinders, firsts, seconds, thirds, and fourths, all came through the doors with anticipation of summer and fun. Of no more school food; rubbery pizza, flimsy salads, watered-down...
Lonely Oak Chapter 124 - The Treasure Of Lonely Oak
"It's so muggy out! Feels worse than the Amazon." "Yeah right, you never been to the Amazon." Nevertheless, it was very humid. As soon as the kids set foot outside, they regretted it; water almost began condensing on their fur and whiskers. It was...
Raspberry Line Chapter 6 - hTife
Emeral waded through the crowd, as if through a murky swamp of reeds, kelp and driftwood. Why teachers had them line up at the door was a mystery to her, because it all ended up as a boiling race to eat food that probably needed to be shielded behind...
Raspberry Line Chapter 9 - Of Grapes, Apples, And Potatoes
Ket sat in the library, book propped open. He wasn't really reading it anymore, just pretending now. He liked the library, which many affectionately called The Mold-Farm. It was quiet, isolated, and always the same temperature year-round. No one...
Raspberry Line Chapter 10 - Drift Like A Leaf
"Get...started?" He repeated back. "Yeah," she took his wrist and led him to an area that wasn't so populated by dirt or trash. "My instructor says I'm not supposed to do this, but..." She swung her arms and clapped them together, like she was warming...
Raspberry Line Chapter 8 - Medicine For The Soul
"Hold still!" The boy struggled, trying everything he could to get away; shifting his weight, pulling, pushing, jerking. Nothing worked. He was a head taller than the girl and yet nothing worked. "Stop struggling," She huffed, squeezing her right arm...
Lonely Oak Chapter 117 - Senet
"Starting to look familiar?" The tiger asked, as they walked down the streets. "Yup," the tigress replied, spotting familiar landmarks she knew from when they went to and from the park. "So that was the way you used to go home?" "Yeah," the tiger...
Raspberry Line Chapter 4 - Accidentally A First Kiss
The class shuffled in, laughing and cackling. Except a few, who were a bit perturbed at the events on the playground; Emeral in particular. She took her seat, glaring forward at the empty desk in front of her, ignoring all else. Ritzer sat at the desk...
4X+Y Chapter 01 - I'm Sorry (Part 1)
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls," the DJ's voice came through the speakers that hung from several points around the room; "I apologize, but _The Frog and Her Five Princes_ were unable to make it tonight." The audience murmured, some letting out...
Lonely Oak Chapter 112 - Dark Side Of The Moon
End-of-day break. As Ms. Hupp's class filtered back in from their science lesson, the students snagged their backpacks off the hooks on the way to their desks. In small groups, they talked weekend plans and re-counted the number of school-days they...
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...