Fireborn: Scared and Hungry

Welcome back to the world of the Fireborn. (If this is your first visit, and you don't enjoy starting stories in the middle, or if you missed a few, the story starts here and links to other chapters are here.)
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ORCHID

The food Dragon had cooked for her stayed down, but while Orchid was hiding in the trees, she started shivering again. Her sense of up and down seemed unreliable, so she curled into as small a ball as she could, dug her toe-claws into a branch, and wrapped her wings around herself. She would have to hope Skimmer would leave without searching the island.

Curled up like that, she could barely hear Dragon and Skimmer talking on the beach, and she fell asleep, to endless nightmares of Skimmer tying her up, Skimmer beating her, and Skimmer attacking Dragon. In her dreams, when she managed to fly away, Skimmer shifted forms, and flew after her. How could Skimmer be a shifter?

But then, how could she herself be a fireborn?

(  The nightmares changed... )



Continued in Black Berries and Butterfish

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Thank you all for your patience and support!  Please let me know what you think.

Fireborn: Scared and Hungry

Welcome back to the world of the Fireborn. (If this is your first visit, and you don't enjoy starting stories in the middle, or if you missed a few, the story starts here and links to other chapters are here.)
___________________________

ORCHID

The food Dragon had cooked for her stayed down, but while Orchid was hiding in the trees, she started shivering again. Her sense of up and down seemed unreliable, so she curled into as small a ball as she could, dug her toe-claws into a branch, and wrapped her wings around herself. She would have to hope Skimmer would leave without searching the island.

Curled up like that, she could barely hear Dragon and Skimmer talking on the beach, and she fell asleep, to endless nightmares of Skimmer tying her up, Skimmer beating her, and Skimmer attacking Dragon. In her dreams, when she managed to fly away, Skimmer shifted forms, and flew after her. How could Skimmer be a shifter?

But then, how could she herself be a fireborn?

(  The nightmares changed... )



Continued in Black Berries and Butterfish

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Thank you all for your patience and support!  Please let me know what you think.