Lonely Oak Chapter 116 - Meeting Of The Minds
The soft tic and tock of the clock counted the seconds within the small room. Beyond the frosted plastic _shoji_, the soft tinkling of wind-chimes broke up the motronomic march of the red hand. Blurry, mottled shadows swayed back and forth across the...
Lonely Oak Chapter 115 - Elective Selective
"The school time is seven thirty-nine. Have a great day!" There was a slight pause, where normally the muffled clatter of the microphone getting put back would signal the end of the announcements. But, after a half-pause more, it didn't come. "Oh, I...
Lonely Oak Chapter 126 - The Meadows
There was once a place at Lonely Oak Elementary, in the school's courtyard, different from any other place in the world. There is an iron fence, that has no gate; just an open mouth. The fence surrounds a modest square of land, nestled in the corner...
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...
Lonely Oak Chapter 123 - Principal Versus Principle
Ket felt like he was dragged through his dream out of his sleep. The alarm blared in his ear with what sounded like the decibels of a thousand air-horns. He pushed up, his arms tingling from pins and needles. He glanced at the clock even as it...
Lonely Oak Chapter 122 - Round Two
In each classroom, the kids spent the rest of the remaining nearly-two-hours of the school-day cleaning up the classrooms, packing their things away, and returning the desks to their groups or rows. Ket was relegated to a back-corner of the room,...
Lonely Oak Chapter 121 - By Whom History Is Written
Emeral sat in the uncomfortable chair within the main office. The chair was plastic and had no arm-rests, just like the ones at their desks. Comfort was not a luxury a student would have in the main office. It was meant to be uncomfortable; if you were...
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...
Starlight Bunny Haven 06 - Bonding Ritual
The artificial sunlight was warm upon Tello's fur. He wandered aimlessly about in an open plaza. The _Kiddie Pool_ was an alignment matrix away. But, as the saying went: it's not about attaining the constant stasis-equilibrium, but about the...
Like An O-Cookie
Brother and sister idly sat on the couch as they watched their parents bustle about. "Have you seen my tie?" "I put it on the bathroom doorknob just like I told you five minutes ago." They had learned to keep quiet and keep to themselves during the...
Trickle Trickle Little Flower
_Clover Mesa - 18 Miles_ She felt relief when she saw the sign, not having seen one for thirty minutes. She definitely wasn't a fan of these path-beaten dirt roads. Her license swung to and fro from her rear-view mirror when she hit an uneven...