Dawn - The Sentence
**The Sentence** Written By: Skabaard She stood placidly at the windowsill, defying her desires to pace the length of the room. She wasn't nervous or anxious, but the sound of her new hooves clopping against the floorboards enticed her....
Emma - A Rough Landing
**A Rough Landing** Written By: Skabaard Daryn sighed heavily, leaning back into his enormous, sturdy chair. Fatigue half lidded his eyes, and he took a moment to bury his face in his hands. He had been reading reports for hours, and he...
Felicity - Clean Up
**Clean Up** Written By: Skabaard Fumbling for his spare key, Atlas unlocked the door to her apartment and swept into the warm, inviting space. Her place looked homey and lived-in--something that seemed to be counterintuitively rare--but...
Felicity - Shift Work
**Shift Work** Written By: Skabaard She scrabbled for the doorknob, clutching and twisting before the hulking brute behind her shoved her bodily through the door. He applied vicious pressure to the small of her back, and she practically...
Dawn - The Verdict
**The Verdict** Written By: Skabaard As they traveled, the deepening winter had certainly not abated any. She had been fine with pitching a tent, but Valorie's seemingly endless list of contacts and acquaintances had netted them a premium...
Daryn - Fire and Ice
**Fire and Ice** Written By: Skabaard Daryn had never been so high before. The air was thin and bitterly cold. Wind whipped around him, and he had to work his expansive wings to keep him aloft. It was tiring, but gratifying and entirely...
Richter - Shifting Allegiance
**Shifting Allegiance** Written By: Skabaard He was cold... He was a great many things, really, but the dull, numbing sensation of the frigid chill in the wintry air thankfully overrode most of the others. He had been walking for what felt like...
Valorie - A Late Start
**A Late Start** Written By: Skabaard As she strolled casually through the slowly waking streets of Southcliff, Valorie had to appreciate the ambiance. The sun continued its sluggish climb into the early morning sky, spilling rays of red and gold...
Selene - Drastic Improvements
**Drastic Improvements** Written By: Skabaard "Luna, Love? Where are you?" Selene couldn't understand it. The little compound that she called home was hardly sprawling, and at more than twenty feet tall, there was no way Luna could hope...
Clara - Doubt
**Doubt** Written By: Skabaard Clara barged through the door to the Archmage's study without a second thought, half-breathless from her mixed emotions. She'd been experimenting with different clothing, and today's outfit looked particularly...
Emma - Rescue
**Rescue** Written By: Skabaard Emma pushed the door open as casually as she could manage, defying the adrenaline-fueled tension in her limbs. Her friends had been taken from underneath her nose, perhaps injured, and every nerve in her body was...
Emma - Despite Delay
**Despite Delay** Written By: Skabaard It was nearly sunset, late into the third week out from Southcliff, when the trio arrived at Timbergrove. The town was far from the metropolis like that from which they had come, but it was also hardly small,...