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edit 3/9/23 I wrote this when I was 12 so please disregard the age-old "I'm not like other girls" trope and anything else ok thanks 🤓🤓 "They say the Woodland King's voice makes the rivers flow fast, and his claws could shred men into ribbons of flesh and bone." Every one hundred years, the feared Woodland King captures an unfortunate human from the kingdom of Llewellenar to serve him until their death. When twelve-year-old Lilibeth's father suddenly disappears, she must embark on a relentless quest to save him from the clutches of a murderous beast. As she ventures deeper and deeper into the world of the Woodland King, she befriends an unusual ally and uncovers a hidden truth that no human in Llewellenar history has ever done before. Highest: #19 in Fantasy, #1 in Folklore, #1 in Faerie, #1 in Retelling Cover made by @-starless

Halifax, prince of Dragonhold, is supposed to be crowned on his 18th birthday. But his father has other plans. Can Halifax discover and stop those other plans before unalterable damage is done to his kingdom?

"As soon as you believe you are a monster is when you become one." After many years of war, the kingdom of Edria is finally in an era of peace--peace obtained by one thing and one thing only. A deal. King Regol has made a deal with the devil, or rather, a beast. A monster. Or so he claims. When he uses the deal for his own advantage, he threatens a girl named Zara, who has had everything but her family taken away. Zara is ordered to kill the beast Regol made a deal with, unbenownst to her that the deal even exists. When her attempt fails, she is left with two choices: to never go back home, or to learn from the beast so she can take back what is hers. She faces dangers on the castle grounds she thought were only stories; magic, creatures that kill a person in a single puff of air, and lastly, the beast, who can barely control the darkness that has buried itself in him for years. The longer she is on the castle grounds, however, the more she realizes everything is more than it seems... ...and that she has a power she could only dream about. **** A retelling of Beauty and the Beast Wonderful cover by @nicegirlsreadbooks Highest rank: #1 in Fantasy #4 in Adventure

Ok... this is entry log numbraro-or however you say "number" in Spanish-1... Do I really have to do this? Distant female voice: yes, just keep going, you're doing fine. uhh... ok, fine, cane you leave the room then, you're making me nerves... ok she's gone. So, as I was saying, this is my first entry log in this uh... war, I guess. guess I should start with how I got in this situation. It all started with a normal morning, with my chocolate milk, and a game of mass effect 3. suddenly, my mom got home early from work, and... long story short, her reason did not make my dad happy. It got ugly, and I had to remove myself from the situation. I was on the roof when it all happened. some bully's from school showed up-not getting the hint from last time- and wanted payback. I didn't even see the knife before it was to late. Believe it or not, I was saved by the one per-... well, I guess she is considered a person, that could only show up in a dream. She-and other people-seemed to like my knowledge of fictions, enough to lead a war, believe it or not. I wish all my friends from school could see me now, they would not believe what is buckled on my belt right now, or what I could do... but I don't think I'm allowed to, for reasons most would understand. Sooo... I guess that's it, that's how I got my self into this mess... *sigh* after what I have been through, this is truly going to be a war between fictions.

When Cass wakes up as a Shinx, he is thrust into a world of Explorers, Pokemon villages, and danger. Read as Cass attempts to find how and why he became a Pokemon and develop battling skills as a certain sinister other-worldly dragon prepares his final move.

Rose is a Riolu with a troubling past that she can't remember, other than the fact that she was a human! She meets a Shinx named Jet, and they become an exploration team named Team SteelSpark. A Treeko, named Vine, joins soon after. Little did the Team know, Rose was on a mission of her own. She vaguely remembers she had a partner with her. And she's determined to find him again. But she doubts she will. Until... A Time Gear gets stolen. Then another. Then another. It is after the fourth Time Gear is stolen that the Team goes out to find The Thief. But when Rose comes face-to-face with him, suddenly she realizes something startling, that every time she sees The Thief, something goes off in her mind. Like, her memory. Then, suddenly, something terrible happens, and a Pokemon that was once a friend ends up being the real villain. Before long, Rose realizes the partner she was searching for... ended up being someone she'd had never thought was. Cover art and chapter art isn't mine! They belong to their rightful owners! Spoilers for the PMD: EOS game!

When Jade was suddenly turned into an Eevee, her life changed, not being able to remember anything but her name. When found by another pokemon by the name of Flash and learning of the planets paralysis, she is faced with a difficult challenge. Will she be able to help? Or fail in the process? The fate of the word is in both hers and Flash's hands. Failure is not an option. Join her as she meet friends along the way, friends that mean the world to her! The cover art was made by CunningFox on deviantart so be sure to check them out! Links to the original artwork and creator down below Artwork: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Don-t-go-317242772 Creator: http://cunningfox.deviantart.com

Six years passed since the events of the Twilian Crisis. In those six years were peace but diplomatic turmoil resulted. Due to Link's constant annexation of contested land to the Hylian government, the relations between the Gerudon, Goron, Zoran, Kokiri, and Picori tribe soured. Eventually, due to the constant annexations of the forest environment, the Picori, an elven-like tribe summoned from another dimension, decided to war Kokiri. The Hylian government announced its neutrality within the war. The war wouldn't harm anyone, except the forest-born and the forest environment itself. Alarmed at the amount of deforestation and inhumane ecosystemal loss, Link decided to check the forest environment himself. These events would currently spark the second continuation of Link's story and grand adventure!