Nightmare
"it's sometimes better to be an orphan than to be in hell." i looked at him as he made his way over to my small cot and sat down adjusting his sash. "what do you mean by that?"
Puppy Love - Chapter One
Had adopted this orphan despite her husband's angry outbursts, saying you could not domesticate a fox, and the only \*good\* fox, was one hanging from the fence with its throat cut.
From Friend to Family
Word had long since spread among the other orphans that deklan was being adopted.
Shattered
This was last week's Thursday Prompt hosted by the wonderful Poetigress. Late because I was stricken with a sinus cold-thing and I was afraid to post under the influence of...
Shardstalkers: The Invaders
But then felicia saw the werewolves, saw them double teaming two of her orphans.
Shotaro
They kidnap orphans from the streets and prey on destitute families. well this man sold me at auction to a rather disgusting woman who used me to bait wealthy lecherous old men.
Pathfinding: An Adult Choose Your Own Adventure, First Entry
Spark adventures because he has little else to do, having grown up an orphan on the streets of a small town, and having quickly learned how to make his living on his own without too much trouble.
Blood on Ice - Chapter Seventeen
"i _am_an orphan," midnight said, staring up defiantly at the large elk with large antlers. "you told me that an orphan is a pup with no parents, and my parents are dead. you said they were killed in a shipwreck when i was just a pup."
WOLVES MIST - Chapter 1
He could understand, he was an orphan, even if some had grown to love him, some had never accepted him wholly. "you must go now, they await you, you know what will happen if you do not go, please forgive us, but you must go!"
Gear of Hearts
Was this one an orphan as well?
Angel Story - chapter 1
Among the sentient life in the world there are two great divisions. The first and more numerous by far are the beings, mostly ordinary people with mostly ordinary lives. The second, who are called creatures, are few in number, but command great...
The Mongrel
She had gone without food for days after the purchase, and it was nearly stolen from her immediately by another orphan child who surely wanted to pawn it off for a piece of bread. another orphan child, she thought.