Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Ch4
**Chapter 4** **The Muck** Alice awakes to Danahlia sucking on her ear. She starts, bumping the larger girl's chin, waking her up too. "Agh, uh? Ugh, gross!" Alice exclaims, feeling the warm moisture left on the very tip of her right ear. "Wha,...
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Ch3
**Chapter 3** **Storm** Alice wakes first, or so she thinks. Looking around, the memory of were she is returning to her, she finds Twinkaleni once again wrapped in Danahlia's arms, legs, and a bit of her long tail, giving her a pleading look. It's...
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Ch5
**Chapter 5** **Carton** They can't tell what time it is in the cellar but it seems terribly early when Ms. Ringtail wakes them. Twinkaleni must have given her the mushrooms the girls had gathered in the swamp because the soup she brings has plenty...
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Ch2
**Chapter 2** **Chickenwoods** As their rabaroos cook over the fire, Alice looks to Twikaleni who still slumbers in the grass. It's late in the afternoon, but with the gathering clouds, it feels much later. "Think she's ok? Magic wears her out I...
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Ch1
**Chapter 1** **Rabaroo** "So, where're we goin' exactly?" Alice asks her friends, hoisting her full shoulder bag back into place again. With her brace of waterskins, core stone weighted backpack, and sword sling, there really wasn't much room left...
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Chapter 9: Coming Flame
The next morning is full of activity. The camp was in bad shape before they'd arrived but after the battle with the titanic centipede it was in ruins. The huts are a shamble of sticks, everything left in or around them have been scattered and broken....
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Chapter 8: Fall of a King
**Chapter 8** **Fall of a King** The next morning, Alice wakes with a dry, itchy throat. Drinking soothes it a bit but only for a while. She's rubbing the fur along her neck, causing a prickly sensation in her esophagus, when Lyca joins her by the...
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Chapter 7: Puffball Tea
**Chapter 7** **Puffball Tea** A thin, just barely visible thread of orange light zips toward the ugly bubble from the tip of Twinkaleni's finger. A loud pop accompanied by a whoosh of flame has everyone shouting out in surprise, ducking with eyes...
Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane Ch9
Chapter 9 Hunter Hunting The following morning, Tally returns with Shae and the sisters announce that they have been talking to all of their kindred to find out as much as they can about the hunter. More than a little seems to be exaggerated, such as...
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Chapter 10: Fire, Water, Wind, & Earth
**Chapter 10** **Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth** Twinkaleni's plan has Alice and Danahlia waiting low in the shallow stream. They each have a mass of branches over their heads and try to look like broken tree limbs caught adrift in the slow waters....
Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane Chapter 6
As it turns out, building a shelter from nothing is far more difficult than it seemed. After gathering sticks and branches of various sizes and shapes, the girls place their materials together to try their hand at construction. But sticks alone simply...
Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane, Ch1
Alice slashes at the jelly again and again careful not to damage the precious core. Jellies have no organs to pierce, no real flesh to rend, or bones to break. The simple semitransparent hemispherical creatures only have three parts to them. First...