Basil

Saph Panic seizes my chest. I stare with wide eyes at the smoke billowing into the sky, the flames licking at the tree canopy, heading toward the meadow. What the ...

Max I stroll casually over to the large front buildings. I walk in through some sliding double doors and over to a line gradually getting smaller, at a window. I ...

Saph The jungle suddenly goes quiet, and I sit up, shaken from my daze. I look around, wondering what's going on. Fossa is nowhere to be seen, and Tenrec is ...

Max My eyes snap open. I throw the covers off me and leap out of bed. I shower as fast as possible and almost eat the soap. Do not ask ...

Saph My eyes flicker open rapidly. Dappled green and gold light filters through dense leaves, and I see lemurs and birds darting across and through the branches above. Startled, I ...

Saph My eyes flicker open to the sounds of bird calls. I squint into the dappled sunlight and sit up. Everything is stiff, and my clothes are caked with mud. ...

Teal Pain sears through my side as light flashes passed me. I growl and leap at the Sweeper aiming directly at me. My paws push the silver stick in its ...

Saph The crowd of people is starting to freak me out. And the fact that Chris has run off makes it harder. I don’t know anyone. I feel uncomfortable now. ...

Nekisa The clouds are always thick during the day. Except in summer. I hate summer. Too much sun. But no matter what the weather is like, there is always one ...

Saph They all stood around the massive fire, watching it burn. Most people were crying, some were just standing there, staring at the ground, grim looks on their faces. Some ...

Staph "Run!" Chris yells. "Blue, go!" I didn't want to leave him, but my feet ignored my brain. They carried me fast and blindly through the forest. Through leaves and ...

Saph Before we made it to the jungle, Andi got called away. I was left standing there, staring about stupidly. I noticed two boys talking to another smaller boy. Intrigued, ...

Saph I don’t remember much. I remember sitting in the plane, my psychologist chatting on about how well I did in Africa. She was filling in the otherwise awkward silence, ...

Teal The screaming reminds me of how my parents died. I’m left standing there, staring into space, fear freezing my limbs. When it feels like I’m about to lose grip ...

Catha, ruined city – present day With legs hooked around a piece of metal attached to the building, hanging upside down, I can see everything in an abstract kind of ...