12th Crescent Past Serenity
**_"You know... I've been thinking..."_** **_"... Why did he have to go?"_** **_"... Why did he have to leave?"_** **_"Because..."_** **_"... He wanted to go home..."_** ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Reks Elsman... He was......
A Tale of Ashen Wings - Chapter 2: Untimely Deaths
The crowd cheered and started to hurl verbal insults at the stone stage. Akalgan looked around at the common folk whom had forgotten all about him being a foreigner, as they became lost in the excitement that came with witnessing a public execution. He...
A Tale of Ashen Wings - Chapter 1: Upon Ashen Skies
The skies were overcast and heavy over Blackhold that morning, as though the gods wished to make the world their stage and the execution their play. But as Akalgan saw it, there was no way drama or emotional connection that Imperial playwrights often...
A Tale of Ashen Wings - Prologue
The Year is 417 of the 3rd Era. Tensions are mounting between the Redcloak Clan of Skrijaheim and House Sendalas of Herefell that threaten to boil over into a cross-border war between Kingdom and Principality. Sven Redcloak the Godhammer is on the...
Slipping Away
Footsteps in the dark... A grey sky, a sunless horizon, I am now running, sprinting, The white and warm lights Passing me by like moments of life. Only cold winds... I am treading a path I know, But I'm still a lost little child, So unloved...
He Said
The sun shone through clear glass, light dispersed and filtered by thin curtains that hung over the windows. Andre happily lied across the floor, his tail swishing behind him as he drew pictures upon paper with charcoal pencil. Flora sat beside him,...
Chapter 1 - Survival of the Wimpiest
The salamander shook his head and tried to keep quiet as he heard footsteps. He then looked down and saw something, a handle. He picked it up, and discovered a broken sword that may have been three feet long, but was now reduced to a third of the...
Prologue
37 ADP in the independent city-state of Rothan, the city has become a warzone between rebel forces sided with Guardians of Arsodus insurgents against the Dominion military, and the sounds of fierce combat cut through sombre and dusty afternoon skies as...
Hungry Kitchen
Axel stumbled into the kitchen, his stomach growling. **"Unghhh..."** He groaned as he opened the pantry. Nightfyre peeked over his newspaper for a moment, raising an eyebrow before he flicked the newspaper up again. Axel's eyes widened. **"WHAT!?...
8th Crescent Past Memories
**_"Daddy... Why is Mommy crying...?"_** **_"Daddy...?"_** **_"Mommy...?"_** **~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-** I stared into the bowl of water I held in my hands, my reflection stared...
Memories of Lightwave
**"--And take a shower, please!"** My mom called out from the kitchen, as I walked up the stairs. **"Yes mom! I will!"** I shouted back over the railing, before walking up the steps to the upstairs and then started walking towards my room. I...
Never Remember Me
Play me a song and tell me a tale, I know her voice and your writ will not fail, Go, and let her sing of a broken heart, And then tell me of a family split apart. You know my story, and so does she, Your eyes once gentle now only single, Once...