The ship docked
roughly on the islands sandy beach. The sound of waves gently
lashing the coast muffled by the grinding of wood on sand. Energized
footsteps pounded the deck, crew members grabbing ropes and securing
the boat so that it would not be reclaimed by the sea. It took time,
but the ship was finally secure. The crew rejoiced by running out
onto the beach, several whopping in joy. Mitch stepped out of his
cabin, scanning the island, a grin creeping across his face.
“Come on dow

The heavy droning
sound of the rain falling against you rang loudly in your ears. Your
feet shuffled through the mud, your hands wrap around your chest as
you tried to keep yourself warm under your soak clothes. You grumbly
think to yourself, “Go to the forest, they said, it’s a beautiful
sight to see.” What your friends seem to left out is don’t get
lost in it and hope to god it doesn’t rain. Then again, it was
probably your fault of not making sure your smart phone was fully
charge o

Roxanne
pants frantically, frightened at this new endeavor, but calms her
breathing and tries to adjust her eyes to the new surroundings. “So
THIS is how he’s going to punish me? I suppose it isn’t SO bad.
The only problem is that even with my eyes adjusting I can’t really
see much of anything. I can hear myself think though, since it’s so
nice and quiet. Plus, I could just sit here and listen to his
heartbeat forever and ever. The only thing that would make this
better,” she pauses

Let
sleeping dragons lie
Roxanne
had gotten off work early, although early was a relative term, it was
two in the afternoon but she had gone into the museum early at nearly
three in the morning to help with an important unloading process of
new artifacts and documents. As she had been leaving early that
morning Pendrin had just been coming in from his night shift at the
club. The two had teased each other, Pendrin promising a good time
for Roxanne when she got home that afternoon after he woke u

Saelria padded along the hallway of her shared apartment. She was feeling bored. Because of the wildly divergent schedules among her roommates, there was a multi-hour chunk of the day when she was the only one around, and she tended to get a little stir crazy. The slime dragoness was a very social creature, and though she always had the little fishy in the fish bowl at the end of her tail to keep her company, it wasn’t the most stirling of conversationalists. Roundabout now, she’d ki

Steelclaw rose from his slumber uneasily. Last night had not gone as smoothly as he remembered. Mother and siblings refusing to commit to a favoured claimant, the bastard walking around like she had any right to be here. He had given up on trying to curry favour pretty early into dinner. Instead demanding a generous stream of wines.

Dragons were quite resilient creatures, but even they had their limits. The hangover from several barrels worth of wine was one such

Kyle
adjusted his tie nervously and checked that he'd not jostled the box
of chocolates too much. He'd always been awkward--as evidenced,
perhaps, by the fact he had worn a bowtie and brought chocolates to
his first real date. Deep down, he knew it was a mistake to meet
Rhaana--she smiled as he formed the exotic name in his mind--because
there was no way he could possibly maintain the same wonderful
relationship in person as they'd managed on the phone and over the
internet. But even deeper
down

In the far away land of Fyorania, her majesty, the Queen, has summoned the young knights-in-training to her throne room to be given a task in order for them to become full fledged knights. They're to wander the country-side and aid those who seek it, be they to put an end to one of the many bandit leaders that roamed the land or to retrieve holy relics and gather ancient texts for the kingdom's scholars. Many returned proud and was knighted by the Queen herself, but it's rare to see a squire ret

This was strange. Lex had just walked into his apartment and was immediately greeted by the presence of a very large and tall box. Heavy, too, as he determined by immediately poking his snout into what was undoubtedly his roommate’s business. “Wei? What’s this thing in the kitchen?” There was no response. He walked over to his roommate’s bedroom, but the dragon was nowhere to be seen. “Huh. Well, I’m sure he won’t mind if I check out what he got.”The wolf popped out a claw, tea

*boing**boing*“Weeeeee!”*boing*In the waning hours of the day, with the sun setting behind the mountains and his family returning home for the night one by one, Toby was happily passing his time. Beneath him lie his big brother Torh, sprawled out on his side- as close to being on his back as he could get. A dragon’s spines naturally made it difficult, if not impossible, to fully recline- which was normally a good thing; a dragon rarely wanted to be belly-up on the ground. But t

Ah, the rain. The whole world changed when it rained.All that water in the air weighed down a dragon’s flight and clouded their vision. Stronger winds made it harder to stay on course. Animals in the forests and valleys below sheltered and hid out of sight, their scents washed away. Potential firewood became wet and useless.For Toby’s family, it meant spending a bit of time inside; the outside chores put on hold. But for Toby himself, it meant something a little different.On sunny da

“Owww!!”The relaxing dragoness, more than half asleep, jolted awake as her ears sprang to attention. That had been the unmistakable sound of her little human brother crying out in pain. Surprised and concerned, she quickly rose to her feet and left her private little nook, exiting into the maze of tunnels and caves she called home. Following the whimpers and sobs led her quickly to the next chamber over, where she found the young boy curled up on the ground with his hands over his kn

*gulp*“Dang it!” Toby said as he felt the firm grip of his brother’s throat successfully pull him down. The dragon stood with a smug grin as he felt the little boy begin his descent.“I told you, Toby, there’s no way you can stop a dragon from swallowing you just by holding onto their tongue.”“Yours is just too big,” he countered. “Maybe I should try it with Sky or something, I bet I could hold onto hers better.”“Sky? She’s n

Chores. Everyone in the family had chores. For his older siblings- his parent’s first clutch- it was hunting, along with most of his cousins. Siblings from the younger clutch and the other less experienced fliers gathered firewood. The rest usually helped clear out the ashes and keep the caves clean. On top of that, someone always had to keep an eye on all the younglings to make sure they weren’t getting into trouble, and there were constant lessons from the family’s elders on

Toby sat pressed into a tight ball, surrounded by rock on almost all sides. Wedged into his little crevasse, a small crack in the cave wall, all he could see was the faint flickering of a flame as it danced along the stone floor outside the opening. The young boy sat still and quiet, listening.… … … *thud*Toby’s eyes widened as he heard the heavy footstep against the ground, accented lightly by the clack of claws on stone. He held his breath and tried to stay as still as possible. Th

In this world, you can
buy almost anything. In one market, slave's, servants and pets are
all sold together. In another, eldritch tomes and healing potions are
in the same stall. But some things are harder to find. At Lady
Asher's, you can find one of these things
A mouse, mostly
unremarkable, walks inside the building. A lock of red hair falls out
from her cloak, and in front of her bright blue eye. She steps up to
the counter, and looks up to the Lady Asher herself.
A large demi dragon
lady,

“So,
what is this exactly? And how
is it a gift for me?” Iris asked.
The
dragoness stood outside the house of her long-time friend Emma. The
woman stood on the roof with a knowing smile. More specifically, she
was standing on a broad wooden platform which she had apparently
gotten someone to build into the side of her slanted roof- just high
enough so that Iris had to lift her head a bit in order to reach.
Behind the human woman lay a large white tarp, bulging with odd
shapes as it obscured

“So,
will you do it?”
Those
were the last words following the woman’s lengthy explanation, an
appeal to a close, long-time friend.
Iris,
a rather large dragoness, was laying comfortably on the ground,
looking down at her human companion with a somewhat surprised
expression. Despite the seemingly ridiculous nature of the woman’s
request, she had stayed quiet throughout her friend’s pitch, her
large eyes growing steadily wider the more she heard.
“You
really are a weird one, Emma. Has

Max’s
heart was beating at least twice as fast as his footsteps. Despite
the peaceful wooded environment, he was as tense as he had ever been
in his life. He was in familiar territory now, just moments away from
their campsite. If Rust was on alert, he probably already knew the
boy was close by.
Maybe
Rust went somewhere else after I didn’t come back last night?
Max thought. He tried to take comfort in the idea, but quickly found
that not know exactly where the dragon might be was even worse

“You’re
useless, brat, utterly useless!” Yelled a man. The outburst was
followed by the faint thud of a body hitting the dirt, which in turn
was followed by the sounds of stifled sobbing. “I give you a simple
job: shine my blade, and you can’t even manage that! How do you
expect to earn your keep around here boy?!” The boy in question
didn’t answer, focusing instead on trying to contain his tears, he
knew his master didn’t take kindly to tears. The angry man grunted
and swatted s

Lily
sat by a riverbank, munching away at a hunk of flame-roasted meat,
courtesy of her friend Mallow. The large dragon lay a few feet away,
enjoying her own meal. The girl chewed idly as she watched the dragon
tare off huge pieces of her latest kill, raise her head and swallow
almost immediately. The sight was fixating enough on its own, but
even more so when you had first-hand experience of what was happening
after the food slipped past those jaws and into the red abyss beyond.
Eating
was one

Lily
lay curled up in Mallow’s belly, safely tucked away alongside the
dragoness’ latest meal as it digested. It had been another normal
day- at least their version of normal- and now that the sun had
disappeared over the mountains the two of them were preparing to go
to sleep.
Mallow’s
stomach of course made the perfect place for young Lily to spend the
night. Warm and soft and completely protected from any of the
creatures that prowled the forests in the dark. The dragoness in turn
was c

Mallow
had been acting... strange lately. Lily looked up at her with a frown
as the dragon stared off into the distance, muttering something
quietly to herself. She had seemed irritable and sort of…
distracted. She caught the girl looking at her and somewhat awkwardly
tried to act casual. That was maybe the most unusual part: whenever
Lily seemed to take notice, the dragoness seemed almost embarrassed.
“Um…
Mallow, are you okay?” the girl asked, she could tell her friend
didn’t really

“Okay,
I’m ready.” …*glunk*.
Lily
was very excited today, she had finally gotten her hands on the
artifact she had been looking for: a special light source which could
be magically anchored to a surface and would then float in the air
nearby, shining like your own personal little sun. Why did she want
something like that? Well to understand that you’ll need to know a
bit of her story.
You
see for a while now, young Lily had been living with her new friend,
roaming the wilderness and li