Growth Quests

How did you explain death to someone so new to life? Nouvel looked across the garden to the small, quiet bloom, just barely out of their bud and blinking up at the glass casings of the Dawn Garden. It looked so unlike the petals that ringed its neck and matched the flower it had come from; they were a soft pale yellow– a color most would associate with spring and warmth– while the bloom was a dark desatur...

Vinh was going to be the greatest pirate that had ever pirated! All of Bellacoste would know their name and fear them! They would sail into port on the mightiest ship anyone had ever seen and the townsfolk would simply have their treasures out and ready for Vinh to pick up. Why? Because they were such a great and fearsome pirate of course! Vinh would grin their terrifying g...

Hushed voices fluttered over the gilded forge. Gray, black and silver Vespires grouped along the walls in anticipation. They wore gold adorned drapes, and fancy circlets, clearly dressed for an important occasion. Seren and Eurwyn gulped nervously at the crowd. The two geodes sat in the center of the room, appearing tiny compared to the adults standing around them. Numerous silver eyes stared them down. Eurwyn fidgeted with her claws, averting her gaze from them...

Song was the first thing Gwen would remember. It was all around her. Various notes and styles, quiet and loud, deep and soft. There were days when the songs seemed more sad then others, but most of the time the songs were soothing. And as she grew in her dark space, the little Vespire inside became aware that the sounds were muffled, though she had no such word for it. Her ears strained to hear the sounds of outside wherever she was. She wanted to be free of the darkness, to see what e...

  "Um... what did you say it was called again?" Ryiah asked, her voice quiet and a bit unsure. She passed a glance at her loyal Pridingo, Sir Lucian. The pippet was stoic, not letting on anything, although it's head was slightly cocked to the left, as if also having missed what was said.   "It's called tag!" Shin'ya said excitedly, wagging his tail alongside his own Pridingo, Ribbon. Boot the Blootle and Sprok the Albino Pyropine also seemed excited to pla...

It was very different being above ground. In her burrow  it’d been warm and cozy and dark. It’d been safe. That wasn’t to say that Dust felt particularly unsafe now that she was out in the big wide world, but there was a lot to take in. The sky was still somewhat dark but there was light starting to creep up from the horizon that told her dawn was coming soon. That was probably why it was quieter too. Bugs humm...

“When you grow up and you’re big and strong, what do you want to be?” “Mm… no thank you. I don’t think I want to be that.” “What?” Dust waved her paw through her tail and giggled as it passed through the wisps, making the clouds and stars in it swirl around. “I don’t think I want to be big and strong. I mean...