Chapter 7: Plans
# Chapter 7 Torrin breathed a sigh of relief as he looked over the bank below the tower. He had been afraid of what he might find there. Well, spread out on the bank really, but he didn't have to think about that now. His momentary relief faded away...
Chapter 6: Fighting Bruises
# Chapter 6: Fighting Bruises The seas were rough, rougher than Colan had ever experienced. The sky was black as pitch, he couldn't see a thing. He could only feel the water shaking him back and forth violently. Colan moaned, he was starting to feel...
Chapter 4: A Small Flame
# Chapter 4: A Small Flame Colan moaned, his back was one all-consuming mass of pain. His paws clenched the soft covers as he strove to block out the pain. He froze suddenly. _Soft covers? Oh great, I must be delirious_. Forcing his eyes open a...
Chapter 2: A Tale
Sorry, meant to upload this earlier, but kept procratinating until now. Hope everyone enjoys, and please do comment if you read the entire thing...and if you don't, please tell why! # # Chapter 2: A Tale Colan shot up in bed, the rough cloth he...
Chapter 1: Crimson Flagstones
# Prologue It was a dark and stormy night. Rain fell in thick sheets, blurring tree, rock, and shrub into one gray mass. The traveler's footpaws squelched in the sticky mud as he fought his way through the storm. The wind whipped him mercilessly...
Chapter 3: Prince Torrin
Colan was jolted awake by the boom of a drum. Pushing his dreams of an hour of daytime rest away, he sat up, squinting in the early morning light. _Dawn._ He thought. _Even after yesterday, we still need to get up at dawn._ Rising slowly, he smoothed...
Chapter 5: Hope for a Better Ending
Runtha reeled back, his head throbbing from this last blow. Alspur followed his attack up, knocking Runtha over with a kick to the chest. Thrusting his heavy wooden greatsword into the grass beside the otter's head, he looked at Runtha...