GryphonFledgling

1 - Beginning (part 1 of 2)Hin Langoleer had not been born a lucky child.o-o-oHe had thought the hut was abandoned. The thatch was overgrown with moss and mildew and ...

1 - Beginning (part 2 of 2)She wasn't what he had been expecting.The long man, Tua had hauled Hin along like a puppy, spidery, callused fingers at the scruff of ...

He'd never fainted before in his life. Aside from having been cursed, which he didn't remember in the first place, nothing all that faint-worthy had ever happened to Hin. He ...

Tua had learned not to wrinkle his nose at the ambassadors when he was six. There was a scar over his left eye, usually hidden by his hair, which would ...

Hin had never owned a new set of clothes in his life.They itched. Not a dirty-itch or a too-tight-itch, but a new-clothes-itch. At least, that's what he thought it was. ...

A disconnected scene written as a Capture That Emotion contest entry.--He had told her, promised her, that he would protect her."Muriel!""David! I - I'm fine!"She was not fine. She was ...

They were arguing again, the way they did when they thought no one could hear them. "You picked last time!""That's because I'm older.""By three minutes! That barely counts!"Tua didn't bother ...

When Hin first woke up, he was sure he was dreaming. It would make sense after all. He was curled tightly into a ball, warm and secure. It had all ...

Spoiler! : Dealing with slightly more mature things here, like non-graphic sex and a very, very young single mother. Just letting you know. ---Damn it all.Elmo clutched her sword hilt ...