Ch. 16
It had alternated between snow and sun for days. Icicles hung, glimmering in the light, from the roof, the occasional rustle of melting snow falling to the ground marked the gradual warming as the sunny days came and went. Most...
Ch. 10
--Claire-- Tempest had found where he was. I could smell him, too. The blood. There was so much blood. It stained the snow at the bottom of the hole. So far down. Too far down. We couldn’t just climb down. Not like that. Mira had begun to say...
Ch.22-B2
--Tempest-- Honestly, it was about time she made up her mind. It was like her to ask permission, but I wished she felt comfortable enough to know she didn’t need to. Of all the things Cocoa was, the only one I hated was “the new...
Ch. 17
It took more than a little getting used to. For all of us. Cocoa was an early riser, up before the dawn, and without her usual routine, was a little tense, agitated. I milked her, daily. But not as much as she was used to. We both...
Ch. 22-B
--Cocoa-- I knew what I was askin’ before I said a word. Heck, I figured Mira an’ Claire both did too. Felt like I was a little kid again, askin’ permission to do somethin’ maybe I ought not. Like I was gonna get in trouble or...
Ch. 22
We hit the city about the middle of the day, and it seemed the sun was intent on baking all the water back out of the soil. A quick trip to the pokemon center for a pre-match checkup, and before I knew it, we were standing outside of the local gym. ...
Ch. 73
-------- Trainer (OT) -------- It wasn't quite a tearful goodbye, but Rillet and I had become something akin to fast friends, and there was a certain sense of melancholy to the quiet...
Ch. 9
--Trainer-- I couldn't tell you how I got there. Let alone how I survived. I was lying on my chest when I came to my senses. A dull ringing in my ears, pounding headache. Dizziness. Nausea. I ached all over. I could feel every heartbeat,...
Ch. 72
-------- Zorah -------- "Yeah? So what?" I'd asked her, as she fumed and sulked about their little conversation. "He didn't lie to you, he didn't take advantage of...
Ch. 83 - B Side
-------- Belle - Trainer's Lucario -------- In the quiet of the room, I embraced him. Truly and fully. For what felt like the first time. Let my hands appreciate the way his skin felt,...
Ch. 53
--Wendy-- So much had happened, so quickly. It was hard to believe, but it was… they were all telling the same story. Sharing the same words. It was hard to believe how close we had come to losing him....
Ch. 25
The scrub desert land began to transform, broad, rolling hills rising up across the landscape, brush and meager little desert plants giving way to grasses, bushes, even a few trees, dotting the landscape around us. The dusty road had...