Forest Keep 17
(edited 12/10/08 for font correction and version update) The trio sat beside the lake and shared James's lunch slowly, Cill resting her head in his lap and purring gently as Joe tried to make sense of what was going on. Sure, the dragon seemed...
Forest Keep 16
(edited 12/10/08 for font correction and version update) Mella had called an impromptu meeting of the other dragonesses who had so recently spurned Carlina and invited them to the lair she shared with Iridol. This greatly puzzled them and they...
Forest Keep 15
(edited 12/10/08 for font correction and version update) Marre busied himself in his lair amidst the assorted paraphernalia of his experiments and potions. He was also thinking hard about the potential for havoc he and Nokala may have enabled by...
Forest Keep 14
(edited 12/10/08 for font correction and version update) Back at the Keep, Martin looked up in surprise as two patrol teams arrived back early. Their horses lathered and panting as they trotted into the bailey yelling about a patrol missing. ...
Forest Keep 13
(edited 12/10/08 for font correction and version update) The day began with a soft rain falling from a dull grey sky. James and the other novices looked up at the clouds and sighed. It was just their bad luck to be out on patrol in this weather....
Forest Keep 12
(edited 12/10/08 for font correction and version update) ack at the Keep, Joe was getting concerned, it was all very well to sleep all day and miss lunch but he wondered if James was going to miss his dinner as well, tapping lightly on the door...
Forest Keep 11
(edited 12/10/08 for font correction and version update) Over the next few days James did everything he could to allay suspicions over his disappearances of the previous week or so. Acting the proper novice, he trained hard, arrived on time and...
Forest Keep 10
(edited 12/10/08 for font correction and version update) Cill made her way back to her lair with James following behind, his eyes straying to the base of her tail as it wove from side to side. He occasionally caught a glimpse of the tight-lipped...
Forest Keep 9
(edited 12/10/08 for font correction and version update) James woke with a groan, his body sore and aching from the intense training that Joe and the others had put him through the previous afternoon. Those bastards... He thought to himself. They knew...
Forest Keep 8
Jack and Eric, two of the other novices in training at the keep watched as James came down the stairs for breakfast, waiting for him to fill his plate and mug before beckoning him over to their table. "So young James, still with us and with all your...
Forest Keep 7
Deep in her lair, Cill lay on her blanket, ignoring her mother's attempts to call her. She felt a sort of icy calm descend on her as she thought about what she was going to do, she had to face it, and she felt ... something towards this human and her...
Forest Keep 6
The next morning dawned cloudy and drizzly, James was up and swinging his practice sword at one of his classmates when the gates slowly opened and a large man on horseback entered the bartizan. He was dressed from head to toe in black leather and his...