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A Fish Out of Water: Chapter 16

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 Chapter 16 Finned and Fantastical Keoni woke up, crawled out of his bed, left the bedroom and toddled across the hall on his way to the bathroom. Leimomi was already up, eating breakfast at the dining table. When Keoni finished using the potty and left the bathroom, Leimomi was waiting for him. "There you are," she commented. "I thought I saw you leave your bedroom earlier. Time for breakfast!" Leimomi picked Keoni up and carried him to the high chair, where a bowl of cereal was already waiting for him. Leimomi placed Keoni in the high chair, and then he started digging in. When he was done, Leimomi released him from the confines of his high chair, and then she took his empty bowl to the sink. Keoni watched her as she washed the bowl. Then she turned around and spoke to him again. "Now it's bath time!" "Yay!" Keoni exclaimed. Leimomi picked Keoni up, carried him into the bathroom, and gave him a bath. When bathtime was over, they went back o...

A Saga of Shadows and Sorcery: Chapter 2

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Chapter 2  The Path of Power   Belladonna fed Valerian his breakfast, and then she propped him up on her shoulder and burped him. Then she carried him outside and gently set him down on his playmat. Valerian was still feeling the effects of having been woken up by Lord Wifflefluff's barking in the middle of the night, so he took another snooze. The sound of his mother's voice woke him up. "Valerian," she cooed, "it's time for your training." She knelt down next to the playmat and rolled Valerian over onto his tummy. Valerian could get his arms underneath him and lift his head up, but he struggled to figure out how to move further than that. "You cannot remain weak and helpless," Belladonna attempted to coach her son. "The weak are useless, good for nothing but to be trampled beneath the feet of the strong. You were born into a powerful bloodline, so you must become powerful yourself." While this was going on, Holly toddled into the te...