Ch. 41-B
-Trainer- It must have been the middle of the night when I found myself awake. Idly pacing the camp, eyes to the trees. The fog had settled in and I was uneasy. The girls were asleep in the tent, but I knew one shout, one sound...
Ch.90
-------- Maria - Maggie's Primarina -------- It was a lot. The past few weeks had been a lot. Emotionally. To be practicing. To be back on that stage. To sit by...
Ch.89
---------- Trainer ---------- Everything hurt. It had been a nightmare of a week. Everything was wrong. Everything had to be fixed. Maggie was the strictest teacher I...
Ch. 54
--Trainer-- Our walk took us into the woods a bit, down some winding trails and traces that only Helena seemed to know. I let Claire know what I knew, and her response was the sensation of fingertips brushing against my jaw,...
Ch. 19
I wished there was something more I could have done for Cocoa. Something more I could have said. I might have quieted the tears, but I doubted I did anything real or lasting for the pain. She was a sweet girl, she did her best,...
Ch. 28
It was some hours later that I woke up. I didn’t realize I’d fallen asleep. Everything hurt, as I sat up, but I wasn’t going to lay around anymore. I didn’t even say goodbye, throwing my backpack on my shoulders, ignoring the sharp...
Ch. 55
--Trainer-- It was easily the middle of the night when I finally woke up, half buried in warm, silky soft fur. I’d fallen asleep between Penance and Claire. Despite my being half naked, I was so warm it was...
Ch. 76
* * * Penance (OT's Arcanine) * * * It took a little convincing to get him on my back. He already felt a little bad that I carried the backpack most of the time...
Ch. 47
--Trainer-- I could feel the tension settling in as the hours dragged on. I did what I could to fight it, and I kept myself stretched and limbered up, but it was obvious that everyone else was getting tired of waiting around. ...
Ch. 34
I felt like a snake, an absolute traitor. I knew what was coming, and I didn’t want to say a word about it. As Wendy dusted herself off and put out the smoldering remnants of the fire I said nothing. As Staccato started back down the...
Ch. 78
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Ch. 31
I fed them, before I locked them away again. I hated doing it. I hated every bit of doing it. But there was no way we could have covered the ground as quickly, and she needed us to be quick. Tempest reassured me, she wasn’t mad...