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The dark gray, hard rock made an unpleasant sound as Nova's tiny claws scraped against it. The female clung tightly to the highest rock shelf, nervously spreading and folding her wings for several minutes. She didn't know what to do. The jungle, whose distant edge was just visible on the horizon, looked completely different today. It was no longer the typical dense, green forest, perpetually covered in a milky white, damp fog. Over the last hour, it had changed beyond recognition. ...

Matriarch jumped onto the steel railing that bordered the ship's side facing the land. She took a deep breath of the crisp morning air – spring was just blossoming, so the temperature was still rather low. The female looked up, feeling the gentle wind ruffle her feathers – it was a cloudy day. A lot had changed on the islands over the past dozen or so days. With the arrival of the new season, the surrounding landscape had completely transformed, making the areas she knew so well al...

Spring had a habit of sneaking up on you when you lived on Isla Kela. Pera was the temperamental sister, her seasons charging in and out like thunderstorms, but Kela was softer, subtler. It seemed like the snow melted millimetre by millimeter until one morning you woke to an explosion of colour and sound as the world began to wake up again. Amaryllis described it as the season ‘sneaking up’ on her, or at least that continued to be her excuse year on year as ...