Grace and Desire (Side-Story)
**Empire of the Ancient Sands** _Lost Chapter - Grace and Desire_ Julie shifted uncomfortably, looking around in the chamber. Dusty stone walls, sand collected in the corners, tall obelisks covered by indecipherable hieroglyphics, and a creepy...
A Carnal Beast
**Empire of the Ancient Sands** _Part 6 - A Carnal Beast_ The Chief of Security groused as he stared at the wall of flickering monitors. There were far too many for one man to keep an eye on them all at the same time, but that was fine - they were...
The Jackal Awakens
**Empire of the Ancient Sands** _Part 1 - The Jackal Awakens_ In a remote valley, deep in the deserts of Egypt, a motley crew piled out of the beat-up old Jeep and dusty army-truck they were riding. Most of them looked like rough types, men and...
Corruption
**Equestria Apocalyptica** _Part 5 - Corruption_ A strange, hesitant pall had laid heavy over Equestria for some time. The disasters that had struck the world had seemingly ended, and somehow, their kingdom had been passed by - largely untouched...
The Beastmaker's War - SEA
**The Beastmaker's War** _SEA_ The sea stretched out before her, vast, blue, and infinite. Waves were lapping against the white sand shores, the cries of the seabirds resounded across the beach, and the sting of salt was in her nose. It was...
The Beastmaker's War - LAND
**The Beastmaker's War** _LAND_ Sayn felt a twinge of homesickness as she looked out across the gentle hills and rough grass of the Great Plains. It was, after all, her homeland. Her earliest memories were of trundling alongside the colorful...
The Beastmaker's War - AIR
**The Beastmaker's War** _AIR_ Sayn sighed as she felt Korlin's gentle hands run through her hair. She was lying with her head in her lover's lap, enjoying the feeling of closeness and intimacy, while taking in the afterglow of the several...
The Final Ritual
**Equestria Apocalyptica** _Part 4 - The Final Ritual_ In a crumbling chamber, high in an ancient, vine-choked castle, a sickly-green fire was burning on the stone floor. A magic circle had been burned into the solid stones here, and the fire was...
The Best Little Pokémon Ranch in Kanto, Part 1
**The Best Little Pokémon Ranch in Kanto - Part 1** Young and inexperienced Pokémon Trainers often misunderstand the constant stream of wild Pokémon who attack them whenever they venture into caves, forests, or tall grass as being indicative of a...
The Beastmaker's Bed
**The Beastmaker's Bed** ** ** The people of her tribe named her Running-Through-Grass, because she seemed to run almost as soon as she learned how to walk, and she took the name 'Sayn' in her coming-of-age ceremony. She was a plain-seeming child,...
The Dragon Utopia
**The Dragon Utopia** - Chapter 20 in the Chronicles of the DragonRider The Bitterpeak Mountains were aptly named. A meteorological oddity of the continent's prevailing winds had left this harsh, rocky mountain-range drier than most deserts - no...
Rest and Relaxation
**Equestria Apocalyptica** _Part 3 - Rest and Relaxation_ In the time between the second and third rituals, Twilight Sparkle had made many interesting discoveries... not all of them related to magic. Between the third and the fourth - in those...