Seasonal Prompts

Wet footprints followed the striped raptor through the labs as he quietly padded through the halls. It was all new and he had to sit down frequently, his lungs short of breath and his legs aching. He remembered so little of life before, he wasn't sure if this was normal but something felt wrong about it. He tripped over a set of bones on the floor and lay there, staring ahead for a while before sitting himself up. The bones smelled strange, and they were shiny l...

As dawn broke over Isla Kela, a strong wind blew up from the coast, bringing with it the salty scent of the sea. Cassia breathed it in deep; it was something that he could never smell in Atlantis, even after the water started pouring in. “I suspect this isn’t your first time on the surface, Cassia.” Cassia didn’t hide his grin as he led Mikhail across the windy moor. “Not everyone wanted to drown with a bunch of crumbly old buildings.” ...

The morning had started fine. The air was crisp and dry, the trees were orange. Just as it had been for the last few months. The forest was nearly quiet as Gourd made her way through the trees. The low hum of her vibrating throat and the crunching of leaves beneath her clawed feet the only warning that she was making her way toward her favorite drinking spot. It was a small creek that wound it's way through the forest and the water was always pleasantly cool, but not too cold. The best part...