Vol 8: Ties that Bind - Ch1Volume 8: Ties That BindSometime in the future…The broken landscape stretched out into an endless night. A lonely moon hung by its last thread, a silent witness to the horrors that had unravelled that eventful day. Ideals ripped in two, dreams shattered and people's lives – the few remaining – thrown into utter disarray. The day the world ended...Two teenagers silently hurried on through a deformed forest, hearts racing, limbs burning and lungs screaming for air. But still they pushed themselves onward. They wouldn't stop… couldn't. They had to keep moving, knowing that stopping meant the end. There would not be another chance. Not afte
Vol 7: Black and White - Ch1Before...He was drifting... floating in a place above the earthly realms.Ash Ketchum was aware that he was dreaming. He'll he'd had this dream more times than he could count fingers on a hand.Everything around him was blue and pristine. He wasn't sure if he was in the sky or swimming about in a large lake. All he really knew was that there were bubbles here... giant ones that surrounded him and engulfed him. And in one of them, a creature a Pokémon he'd only ever seen in these dreams.The tiny, pink feline sleepily floated about beside him in its own self-made bubble. Undisturbed by his presence and oblivious to Ash's questi
Vol 6: Rise Shadow Dragon -Ch1Volume 6: Rise of the Shadow Dragon.21 years agoThe spring afternoon was warm and breezy. Not a cloud could be seen in the sky as the brilliant greens of the gardens greeted Giovanni. The air was crisp and 'tasty' which caused him to heave a tranquil sigh. Having finished work early, he quietly approached a beautiful, young woman who slept soundly on a daybed in the shade of a willow tree. Seven months pregnant with their first child, she looked like an angel. Oblivious to his silent approach, Giovanni watched her like this for several moments before gently placing a kiss on her forehead. She was his everything, his sole ligh
Vol 5: Shades of Grey- Ch 1Shades of Grey Twelve years earlierThe nine year old girl precariously balanced on a high beam that hung from the castle's pointed ceiling. Leaning forward, she held one leg straight in the air behind her, her foot aligning with her own head. She felt the wabble that made its way up her leg and attempted to heed her master's call at keeping steady. But it was too late, she lost her footing and before she knew it she was falling from the high ceiling of the gym.She didn't make a sound as she fell. She relaxed her body, feeling the rush of the air and the floor that came rushing up to meet her."Oof!" She hit the wood hard on her back, k