Lonely Oak Chapter 61
The bottom of Ket's shoes scraped along the cement as he padded alongside Emeral. Gone was the formerly encroaching smell of sea-salt and -weed. Away with the ever-present grains of sand and endless flatland from side to side. Mute was the constant...
Lonely Oak Chapter 60
Her eyes stayed upon her target for a moment, before her tunnel-vision expanded to see the target next to hers. Rick's three bull's-eyes, now just a gigantic hole in the center of the target, were second. _How?_ She did the math three times,...
Lonely Oak Chapter 59
Lyza broke away from her brother's hand as they neared the archery range. Lunch had just barely ended, and they were the first at the range. "Mrs. Kiminy, hey!" The ewe stood on a small ladder, which she was climbing down as the rabbit siblings...
Lonely Oak Chapter 58
The arcade. Not any place special; just an old, out-of-the-way, quant little arcade. Rini loved it. It was one of those places that was so ugly, smelled so much of moldy carpet and stuffy air, had such gaudy colors and hulky, clunky game machines,...
Lonely Oak Chapter 57
_No...Don't..._ "Don't what?" _Go..._ "Don't go?" _Don't...go in..._ "In where?" _Stay out...water..._ "Water--the ocean?" _It...swallow..._ "Then I'll stay." _Wait._ "I'll wait." _Stop._ "I'll stop." _No..._ "Emmrnh--" ...
Lonely Oak Chapter 56
_ Hey, Bug-- Sup, Kev? Just wanted to say...thanks for inviting me to your party. I know we haven't been friends that long-- No sweat man. Hey, while we got a second away, ...how's the homework comin'? I just have another page on yours, then...
Lonely Oak Chapter 55
Lyza sat across from her brother at the table. Beside them, their camping lantern illuminated a florescent-white glow that pierced the darkness, casting light across the table and the ground like they had taken the moon for themselves. Kval...
Lonely Oak Chapter 54
The rain had finally died down, having lasted long enough to wait for the sun to disappear below the undulating horizon before scudding away and leaving everyone without any real day. The twilight was made of fire, though. It looked like the clouds...
Lonely Oak Chapter 53
How gray the world had become. No red nor green nor yellow hue; just ash and coal and greasy blue. The sidewalks, once a-blistering, now were cooled and smelled sweetly stoney. The air, once thick and festering, now was thin and drifting drearily...
Lonely Oak Chapter 52
The night had been arduous at best. The forefront of the mighty war lay waste to the entire shoreline; but for one small bastion. And as the sun emerged from the layer of low clouds encircling the horizon, its golden light was reflected upon the...
Lonely Oak Chapter 51
It was still gray out. A sheet of clouds covered the sky, colored between violet and blue. It was damply quiet, the only sound the grunting of toads as they lumbered in the wet morning grass. Lyza sleepily walked down the hill. Her brother and she...
Lonely Oak Chapter 50
Ket lay on his sleeping bag with his arms folded behind his head, hands underneath his pillow. His foot tapped against the darkness, to the beat of the drums he heard not too far away. The partyers were much more festive tonight, probably because more...