Tag: shift

(Stand-Alone story) Everything had to be clean. His house was spotless. His car was sparkling. His wardrobe? Perfect. Even his video game character was dressed impeccably and had all of its stats maxed out. The only thing that wasn't perfect was the frustrating creature that had recently begun visiting his back fields. He always had prairie dogs and other wildlife in abundance, and enjoyed watching them as he drank his morning coffee. It was a perfect, simple, quiet life. At least, it was until a set of muddy little black paws padded into it, leaving dirt all over his brand new carpet!

Being first in line to the throne, Song Xun had gotten used to having a target on his back. Upon his return home from a two year assignment at the northern border, his younger brothers soon realized that their normally studious and quiet brother had suddenly grown up into a calm, yet-capable man. The arrows no longer came close to their mark. The poison tea was left untouched on its tray. And any assassins that were sent to his pavilion were never seen again. Right when they thought that their older brother no longer had any gaps in his armor, a little, fuzzy weakness suddenly showed up one cold rainy day...