Coumarine's Gym
Cassidy took a deep breath while advancing deeper into the city. She stopped at the pokémart to buy a few potions before heading to the gym. Her pokémon were battle-ready, but there was so much more Cassidy had to teach them, and her party needed more...
Winded Sails - Chapter 8
This wasn't exactly the night Kali had hoped for. First exhausting Rinzaan with a couple dances, then the near-catastrophe with his gold, and, after all that, then arguing over long-dead sea monsters on a rooftop? Thus far, almost every turn Kali had...
Ronan
Ronan reminded himself on repeat that he'd agreed to this clinical trial because it paid well. He had to remind himself because he was restrained to a surgical table, naked aside from a hospital gown hiked up to his waist. Two doctors in lab coats and...
Draconic Beginnings (03)
Quster silently watched his mother fly off, the final wisps of wind brushing his face from her great wings. He saw her form shrink into the horizon speckled in gray clouds, finally disappearing into obscurity. He hoped she would return soon. Already,...
The Salacious Scitalis preview
Sir Gareth rode his horse through the brackish muck of the swamp, the sun's setting casting a golden glow across the land. Silver armor covered his body and face, a sword sheathed at his hip. The mud slowed his progress, but he pushed through...
"Freed"
Valant warmed a touch too much. She stiffened; seven 'nesses of hue sundry, knee high, scrubbed and washed with ladle-poured water many a scale that shined red of a body which had started to heal, the scars to crase the lines tween in a fortnight to...
Quality Assurance
It took the better part of of an hour to get to Aemilius' villa, situated as it was on an adjacent hill to the town center, wreathed in vineyards and sunlight. The town had learned of the emperor's arrival by now, and Aemilius could barely walk a...
The Ransom Part 3
It had been a week since the letter had been sent and a week since they had drank together and the two dragons, Droga and Orphy, were finding that they were enjoying each others company for once. Orphy had woken later in the morning than Droga had and...
The Rapids
"Give me a sec, Crystal. I'll be out in a minute," Ray said while putting on a tee. He'd slept into the early afternoon and was readying to go out with Crystal, who was eager to play. She was sitting by the front door, waiting patiently and looking...
Spending the Night
Brooke had just finished her shift and was on the way home with sushi in a to-go bag for Luma. She was sweaty and exhausted, as expected, and would grab Luma then head to Parker's house to shower. Malie was safe, so Brooke felt confident on foot alone...
The Archon's Ascendancy, Chapter One: The Nascence of Power
# Chapter One: The Nascence of Power _4. Those who count themselves among the faithful, and are cursed with this awful but beautiful gift, shall forever hence use their powers for the betterment and protection of my Holy Empire._ _5. Those witches...
Dasher
December 16th. The cold night air was alive with gently falling snow as a young snow-jacket clad man in his early twenties walked from one wooden building to another. Nick Claus headed to the stables of his father's workshop at the North Pole. He'd...