Empty Space
"What are you doing out here? Everyone's inside watching the game," Lilly ran up behind me, but I didn't turn to look as she tugged my bushy fox tail. I didn't want to leave my daydreaming as I looked up at the clear blue sky. "You know I know don't...
It's Official
Every student gathered around the TV turned to look at us. I considered hiding deeper in Alex's mane, but instead watched as the closer ones noticed me. A few of them pulled out their smart phones and tablets, and the others gathered around them to...
EotS Prologue Part II: Alone With Grief
That summer was unbearable. I spent several days in the hospital being treated for my cuts. My parents flew into town on the next plane after they received word of what happened. They tried to comfort me. I couldn't stand it. They'd never met Logan,...
EotS Prologue Part I: In Another Place
Aaron was drowning in piss. "How had it come to this?" He wondered; thinking back. He was closing his third year of college, and he wasn't sure what he was going to do. He was lonely, he wasn't working to his full potential, and he was tired. He...
Water and Sand: Chapter 1
Awakening The city of Barzan; also known as the Jewel of the Sacred Desert. I don't know when it was founded, but it was probably a lot more modest back then. Now, it's a major center of trade in the heart of the eastern half of the Empire. All...
A Day of Firsts
It had been several weeks since our encounter with _him_. I got back to attending my classes, now with Matt ever-present on top of my head, shoulder, or crawling around. I also now attended symphonic band rehearsal, the only one of Matt's classes that...
The Return of Psychopuss
The convention center was packed with people of all kinds, and people of all kinds appearing to be in various stages of transforming into their favorite ponies. It would have probably been exciting, if a little strange, were it not for the blood all...
Living Arrangements
Living Arrangements It had been one week since Matt regained consciousness, and he was already close to fully recovered. "Another odd piece," I thought. "This is amazing! I thought he was supposed be stuck there a while." Molly said as she...
Introductions: Interrupted
"Damn it Patrick! You could have gotten him killed charging in like that!" "But that sadistic bastard was about to eat him Alex! There's no telling what he would have done if we just walked in and tried to talk him out of it! He might have bitten...
The Little Toy
The Little Toy "Ugh, what did I do last night?" The lion awoke lying on his bed in just his boxers and his socks with the sun blaring through his apartment's windows. "Damn it! I had way too much to drink. Why did I even go out last night?" He...
Chapter 2: Leaving the Shelter
Late August The first morning of the fall semester, and I was already running late. I scrambled out of bed 30 minutes after I intended and sprinted into the bathroom through the door on the wall opposite my bed to rinse my facial fur; which was...
Chapter 1: Getting Organized
Dear me, The summer is over. I wish it wasn't, but it is. They will be able to reach me now. Nowhere will be totally safe; except my apartment, and that court room. The eye of the media storm that has been squatting in town since the first hearings...