Twin temptation
I woke with the sun, rousing my brother with me. He yawned and looked at me, rolling his eyes when I tried to remember a particularly alluring dream we'd shared the past night. "Come on Sor, you know that doesn't work." I sighed, partly from...
A Shocking Spectacle, part two
As I came down from my self-induced afterglow I heard an angry voice from across the room "I hope ye plan on cleanin' that mess up, you two!" I looked up and saw the typhlosion glaring at October and Chai, while the latter two just chuckled, as if...
A Shocking Spectacle, part one
"So this is Cafe Plaisir. Not what I expected." And indeed it wasn't, the red brick front presented a grand sight rising from the Oklahoma plains, bathed in dawn's first glimmer of light as if to highlight the greatest jewel in the crown. With a faint,...
Gleaming Madness
It had been another shitty day. Mom had read me the riot act for not doing the dishes properly - I'd left a damn spoon in the sink because it was starting to rust, and she went crazy because I'm being ungrateful to her for letting me live in her house....
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...
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...
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...
Steam Heat
"Damn what a day..." I was making my way back to my dorm after my last class let out. I was still getting the occasional odd look, me being a feral samurott in a mostly anthro student population, but they didn't bother me. No one really gave a damn...
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...