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The next night Mara accompanied Sai-yun, Adrik and Lona to the local bar, the Snake pit. It was dimly lit, with black velvet seats scattered around the edge of the room. Rock music of all sorts pumped through the twin speakers opposite the entrance. It was filled with goths, emos, punks and grungers, talking together in groups. Well, talking when they could hear each other. Mara stared at her surroundings, wondering why she'd never thought to come somewhere like this. The others walked up to a tall, pale girl with dyed blue hair and an eyebrow stud. She stared at them with dislike. "Mara, meet Shaina, possibly the most experienced vampire al

Saturday lunch in the Esket household was fairly odd. The four of them sat around the kitchen table in their usual positions, though with obvious discomfort. Mikael could barely guess who had had it worst ever since their bodies had started to change. Probably Helena, his now-very-big-sister; she had gone through a further growth spurt in the hour they spent out, leaving her as a grey-skinned giant who couldn’t stand up indoors and had to sit on the floor with her knees tucked up to her wide chin. Always the largest of them, now even her own clothes wouldn’t fit the massive bulky frame and she had improvised with a large bedsheet

When I was 10, I realized that mom and dad very, VERY rarely agree on anything. Although their disagreements never get violent, they were strongly opposed to each other's opinions, to the point that as a kid I kept fearing that they would divorce. Mom's always the super-cautious type, and a bit... well... shall we say.... suspicious of everyone. Once, while on the way to grandma's, she saw an Indian guy holding a coconut, just walking on the sidewalk, and she immediately said "Eh kena curi kelapa atu eh." (That coconut must be a stolen one!) She's suspicious of everything and seldom trusts anyone (even among relatives), and is very superstit

While Rex and Chad were sleeping peacefully, things weren't quite so peaceful back at the base. Chad's teachers and classmates had noticed his absence. The male teacher was now demanding an explanation for his student's disappearance. "What do you mean he's gone?!" the 25 year old teacher demanded. Chad volunteering in helping the process along? His teacher Darren Matthews didn't buy that for even a second. Chad was too modest to do that. Plus, he'd known the kid for 2 years already; the boy would never do anything without permission from his parents. And even IF he had, he couldn't possibly have agreed to being taken somewhere else without

Family Gift - Anthro Shark TF (x2) By: MyseriousMystogan and Tazila808 --- Two brothers were sitting on the pier on a gloomy day with the clouds dark, gray, and muggy. They were both boys, Noah and Taz. Noah was inhaling the nice fresh sea air, and Taz was staring out into the horizon of the vast sea. "Hey Noah, don't you ever wonder what's out in that ocean just down under there?" "Hmm, yeah, i guess you could say that, its possible theres only sand and rocks but we never know." He smiled. "I mean there must be just more than that, like maybe ships or fish or animals as we know it!" He jumped up and looked down into the water "Yeah! It must

The magma worms were unrelenting, and the constant attacks from the Talons were only managing to enrage the beasts rather than drive them off. Soara’s grip was straining from holding up her and Dark Ace’s weights, and she was starting to slip. Aerrow had to think fast, so he pulled out his blades and drove them into the rock face near his sister’s feet. “Soara, stand on my energy blades!” Aerrow shouted. Quickly, Soara did as she was told and placed her feet on the blade’s handles and letting the weight be braced by her legs. “Good thinking Aerrow!” Soara smiled as she felt the relief on her grip.

The Only One By Draco The war has finally ended.  Eragon and Saphira have defeated Galbatorix, Murtagh and his dragon Thorn, and other evils.  That, however, was only a few simple days ago.  Eragon and Saphira were both exhausted, and still trying to recover from the uses of magic (mostly Eragon).  The two decided to leave the Varden for a few hours and headed to Dras-Leona Lake to relax and bathe in the cool waters. You know, Saphira, said Eragon while flying on his blue dragon’s back to the lake, everything has happened too quickly for me.  I know it’s only been a few years si