Love Blooming on Barren Soil
Work was over and I had returned home. After preparing a very quick and rather meager dinner, I went to my living room and made myself comfortable on the couch. I wasn't alone, an umbreon was lying right next to me, just a feet away. He gave me a lazy...
Fun on the Night Train
Leif was startled out of his sleep when the train suddenly started moving, accelerating with a high-pitched, electric hum. Opening his eyes a crack, the conductor watched drowsily as the last of the brightly lit station buildings passed by before...
Paths to Happiness 1
Mark's morning began with a thud as something heavy landed on his mattress. Enveloped in the fading veil of sleep, he wasn't sure who or what it was, but he didn't care to check in the hopes it would leave him alone on its own. So he kept his eyes shut...
The Call of the Cave
A sweet, tantalizing smell hung in the air, contrasting with the forest's musty and earthy scents of the forest. Lana turned her head, sniffing here and there, her rosy nose twitching, as she tried to make out the source of the appetizing aroma. It was...
The Werewolf's Mate - On the Move
I opened my eyes with a lazy groan as the new morning roused me with a narrow ray of sunlight. Pouring through the manhole cover, it bathed the earthen walls of the den in a faint twilight, revealing that I was lying on top of a slumbering, softly...
Getting Bred for Science 1
"Ah, Trevor, Shiro! I'm so glad that you could make it. Welcome to the research facilities, you two!" Dr. Lavard greeted my absol Shiro and me with a beaming smile. The scientist was wearing his standard outfit, long black pants, a gray shirt, a white...
Streaming with Portals
Jaden drove his hand through his long, shining black mane and checked his makeup one last time before he pressed the record button. A red light began flashing on the webcam in front of him, indicating that he was now online, and on the control screen...
Hot and Heavy
The sun was high in the blue sky and the reddish volcanic rock was glowing with heat when Zack arrived again at the Saya Springs pokemon reserve. At this time of day, the visitor center that guarded the reserve's fenced entrance was completely...
A Perfect Fit
Bella panted heavily as she squeezed through the narrow, rocky entrance of a remote seaside cave, stumbling a few feet across the darkness before dropping down where the salty waves of the ocean lapped against the sandy shore. Far away from all other...
The Dragon's New Servant
Iko sat on the edge of a cliff and looked down into a truly gargantuan cavern. His eyes glittered almost as much as the vast ocean of riches spread out before him. Mountainous piles of coins, gold, and gems covered the floor as far as the little kobold...
Ties of Steel and Flesh
Opal sighed as she closed the door behind her and cast a disillusioned look at her new apartment, or rather, the single stuffy room she would spend most of her foreseeable future in. The aged floorboards creaked under her steps, and stale, musty air...
The Mascot
Luca was a mascot, the first thing anyone thought of when thinking of the Blazing Buccaneers. The white ferret's drawn likeness, wearing a tricorn, a red and white scarf, and optionally an eye patch, emblazoned mugs, towels, banners, and every ticket...