Track and Field: Part 18 - Black Magic Woman
Lee My arm hurts. It always hurts. The pain's like an itch--like the kind you get in your throat. You can't really do anything to be rid of it. It's always just there. The pain in my heart's the same way. "Come on, son," Uncle Arthur sighed as he...
Track and Field: Part 17 - Dust In The Wind
Red Once upon a time I believed the world was beautiful and kind. Once upon a time I believed that I could have my cake and eat it too. I thought that--no matter who I was--I'd be dealt a fair hand, and even after the tragedies that my family and I...
LOS: "It's About You"
Jasper was lost in his own jubilant thoughts. The cougar's long tail was looping and popping against the side of the sofa where he lay sprawled over its entire length, and his eyes were clasped firmly shut--lips frozen in a grin--as he imagined all of...
Track and Field: Part 22 - Hey Now
T_his isn't happening. This isn't happening. This isn't happening._ There was urgent, soul-piercing beeping from somewhere. A weary-eyed Lynx doctor rushed down the sanitized corridor, whipping up the stale smell of disinfectant. He didn't even glance...
Track and Field: Part 21 - Demons
Red _"RAAAAARRGHHH!"_ _Lee comes at me--a blur of cobalt blue fur and white fists, his eyes red and trailing crimson vapors. My heart quivers. My legs quiver. My arms shudder as I somehow get my paws up in time to block his furious punches. The...
Track and Field: The Haunt - Part 2
Red "Thanks, Cap," Aaron sighed as I handed him back his head. He drummed his fingers awkwardly along the cardboard as I stood smirking at him. "I know, dude. Don't rub it in." I threw up my paws defensively. "No, no - I didn't say anything." He...
Track and Field: Part 5 - Conall
Conall "Thirty-two to twelve," I scoffed proudly, looking left and right for any oncoming traffic before pulling out onto the highway. "It was a massacre! The Knights were spectacular! You were spectacular!" My eyes and ears swiveled to Lee in the...
Plain-walker: Chapter 2
2 The fire was nice. Out on the outskirts of the town, near the border of the plains but within the cover of the Direwood, it became cold--fast. Darkness was approaching, and the warmth would be much appreciated when the night reached its peak. Fire...
Plain-walker: Chapter 1
1 Snow drifted lazily down from the heavy grey, overcast sky. Flakes had been falling for the past week since Ruik finally crossed into the north. The expansive forest surrounding him--called the Direwood--was blanched icy-white, the trees all bare...
Track and Field: Part 20 - Almost Lover
Mindy I couldn't look Trace in the eye, even though I knew his great silver head was turned towards me as I drove. "Mindy," he sighed. "Why didn't you tell him?" After we'd left _Perks--_having delivering our news to Sasha--we retreated to the...
New Generation of Heroes: Chapter 11 - "Open Eyes"
11 Carson awoke at seven o'clock, which wasn't anything out of the ordinary. Thanks to his father, the young German shepherd had been getting up early since he was a pup--if he hadn't he would've missed Raymond before he left for work. Carson loved...
New Generation of Heroes: Chapter 10 - "Burdens"
10 Rhykard stood stock-still with his eyes closed tight, the training grounds all around him empty...as far as he could tell. It was simply a large glade in the heart of Sentinel Hall, a round swatch of coarse grass and dirt as big as a baseball field...