The world is slowly falling into despair. The sand rapidly approaches, bringing everything and everyone down with it. There are only a small handful of safe havens left. Over the past two hundred years, the sand has claimed more and more victims. Avra has always dreamed of seeing the world beyond the city walls. She has only heard rumors of the wonderful land, but those fake stories were never enough for her. She wishes to go there herself -- to the beautiful, peaceful land that she has heard so much about. However, there is a problem. Not one person has went past those gates in hundreds of years. What are the chances that she'll be able to accomplish something that no one else has? Evander is a commander of an army, sent out to discover the mystery behind the destructive sand. As commander, it is his duty to see his job through. He must travel the world in search of answers, risking his and his men's lives for a higher cause. Though, with the team he's stuck with, this may be more than he can handle. In order to save the world, they must be able to work together and find out who is responsible for the exitium's destruction. ------------------------------ Cover by elphadora

America has been divided into two factions, the cause being the inveterate compulsion that demands adequacy in all aspects of beauty: perfection. Two contrasting societies sectioned from each other, with one side completely altering themselves to achieve the aim their ardent desire for perfection is fuelling whilst the other loathes the very principle of it, preaching it as a wrong and sinful act formed by a lust for refinement. Fleur Huxley is bound by her societies distaste for perfection. Lessons taught in an attempt to restrict this forbidden desire have been to no avail as covertly, Fleur can't help but be entranced by it all. After America's annual Supremacy day - a ceremony in which an individual is whisked away to a life in the perfection division - Fleur's life takes a sudden turn into a world she isn't familiar with. With impending rebellions and a zeal for perfection inciting her actions, Fleur is slipped into a world of deceptive passion and ravishing beauty, a place in which dangerous secrets lie behind the most beautiful eyes. But Fleur is oblivious to it all, persistent in her hunt for perfection but as haunting realities threaten the world she is enthralled by, will Fleur finally realise there is a dark side to perfection? After all, in a passion-driven world built on deceit, how many sacrifices can you truly make on a quest for ultimate perfection? [ science-fiction #12 - 2/1/14 ]

You know that girl you called fat? She's been starving herself for God knows how long. You know that chick you called emo? She's been battling depression for years. You know that gal you bullied and whenever she would cry you would say "Aww is little Missy going to go cry to her mommy and daddy?" Her parents died a couple years ago and she's still grieving their death. The tiniest thing can hurt a person beyond words, but it can also shed light to a dark tunnel. This is Missy Vega's story about loss, hurt, betrayal and hope.

*PLEASE READ*: So this note has now been moved to the top of the story. Um, I know if I say don't read most people will casually just read it anyway, but I recommend after chapter 16 you just stop reading till I manage to redo everything. Sure you can read if you want, but hope you enjoy topsy tervy writing hehe... anyway, I shall keep posting anyway just so I can keep track of the story properly and eventually edit it majorly after because this story is suffering from Severe Plot-hole Syndrome (this needs to be a thing) Thanks to everyone who may actually still be interested in this story and heads up for the summary revamp too, because I no longer like it aha XD thanks readers ❤ ❝Beyond the perfect walls lie sinister secrets.❞ Oblivia; Book One in the trilogy. In Flo Rein's future dystopian world, mankind has moved up to the sky in a city known as Arcadia, where as far as the inhabitants are concerned their world is perfect, but the truth they’ve been hidden from is far from that. At the age of sixteen, on the same day each year, all children must undergo a series of tests that will determine whether or not they’re a threat to Opia; the government that rule over them and for Flo, it means defying them to hide her true knowledge. For those who have seen the truth beyond the lies they’ve been fed are banished to Earth; the polluted planet that still lies below, inhabited by mutated monsters. Caught in the lies that the city is built upon, Flo must uncover the truth; faced with a choice between a world of oblivion and one where no one is safe… © Copyright PenguinsRule06 - All Rights Reserved {highest rankings;; sci-fi;;; #237 ~ 04.08.14 action; #376 ~ 17.10.14} *Cover made by xXXTheScriptXXx and Trailer made by AlyxMck*

Cupid and Psyche. It's the oldest tale in the world. But what happens when Cupid falls victim to his own arrow for the second time around? And this time, it's with a mortal girl, Cytherea Hastings.