Ten years ago, NSR rescue specialist Maya Chen died saving 16-year-old Skye Heung from drowning. Ten years later, Skye returns as a rookie rescuer-only to discover that Ridge Yim, the woman who caught her on the shore that day, has never forgiven herself. "She went to save someone else." Ridge told that lie for ten years. One scar. Two lives. A guilt that can't be spoken. When the truth surfaces, can they bridge the chasm of ten years? ⚡ TRIGGER WARNINGS Survivor's guilt PTSD themes Drowning/water rescue scenes Grief and loss Self-harm ideation (emotional, not physical) 💕 TROPES ✨ Second chance at connection ✨ Slow burn (they're IDIOTS) ✨ Found family (NSR team) ✨ Workplace romance ✨ Healing through love ✨ "I saved you once, now let me save you back" 📝 AUTHOR'S NOTE This story was originally written in Chinese and translated into English by the author. If you notice any language quirks, please be patient-I'm working to bring you the best version of Ridge and Skye's story! 💙 START READING ↓

Anna is the kind of girl people look straight through. At school, on the bus, at home - she exists quietly in the background, where asking for anything comes with a price she learned long ago to stop paying. Even with her best friend, Alice, she never fully steps into the world. She just survives it, carefully and without being noticed. Her life was supposed to stay bland, colourless, manageable. Nothing was supposed to change that. Then she runs into Sophie. And something shifts - not all at once, and not enough to understand, but just enough that it doesn't stop. Anna finds herself pulled toward something she can't name, something her body recognises before her mind can catch up. And the worst part is, she doesn't want it to stop.

[FIRST DRAFT] Wren Deisy, a young girl plagued with hallucinations and strange dreams, has just discovered that maybe they weren't all in her head. Wren has the ability to portal to another world. And she couldn't have been less prepared for her adventure in the Land of Dreams. __________________ "𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦," 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥. "𝘕𝘰, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨." "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘥." 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥. "𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳." __________________ This is my story for ONC 2024! Please enjoy! (NOT EVEN CLOSE TO DONE, STILL WRITING/EDITING!!!)

In a world where fate writes its own rules, two souls from different worlds find themselves bound by a connection that defies time, distance, and even death itself. When love crosses between realms between light and shadow, human and divine destiny turns strange, beautiful, and dangerous. *Strange Destiny* is a story of forbidden love, mysterious bonds, and unseen forces that weave two hearts together across worlds. Every heartbeat hides a secret, every meeting changes fate, and every goodbye might be the beginning of something eternal. Will their love survive the clash of worlds-or will destiny rewrite their story once again?

The water made her. The water never let her go. Brooke Kowalczyk has three things on her mind: her best friends, her relay team, and the IHSA Girls State Championship at FMC Natatorium. November 15-16, 2024. Two days that will define her senior year. She doesn't know they're also the last normal days of her life. Six months later, a virus called TSJ reaches the United States from Europe. It spreads through bites and blood. It turns the dead into something fast, aggressive, and hungrier than anything Brooke has ever faced. The military calls it an outbreak. The internet calls it the zombie apocalypse. Brooke calls it the end of everything she knew. But she's a swimmer. She knows how to hold her breath when the world tries to drown her. She knows how to keep moving when every muscle screams to stop. She knows that the water doesn't care about fear - it only cares about the weight you bring into it. From the suburbs of Hinsdale to the flooded ruins of Chicago to the frozen shores of Lake Superior, Brooke must navigate a slow-burn collapse that doesn't happen in a single explosion - it happens in phone calls that drop and never reconnect, in neighbors who disappear in white vans, in the silence when the power goes out for good. She'll lose things she never thought she could lose. She'll discover strengths she never knew she had. And through it all, the water will hold her. Or it will pull her under. The only question is: how much weight can she carry?

🏆 Welcome to the FanFiction Awards! 🏆 Thank you for stopping by! This is my very first FanFiction Awards book, created to celebrate the creativity, imagination, and hard work of fanfiction writers across many different fandoms. Whether you write about Harry Potter, Malachi Barton, Freya Skye, Walker Scobell projects, Mekonnen Knife, or any other fandom, everyone is welcome to participate. Before entering, please take a moment to read through the rules, categories, and entry requirements provided in this book. These guidelines will help ensure that the awards are fair and enjoyable for everyone involved. Once you've finished reading the information, you'll be able to submit your story for consideration. Throughout the awards, entries will be reviewed and judged based on the categories listed, and winners will be announced at the conclusion of the event. Most importantly, remember that these awards are meant to be fun! Whether you're entering for the first time or you're a seasoned writer, this is a chance to share your work, support fellow authors, and celebrate the stories we all love. Good luck, have fun, and thank you for being part of the FanFiction Awards!

The Battle for the Blood Court is over. Ash still drifts through the streets of a kingdom that does not know how to begin again, and the man they have chosen as king is not certain he deserves the crown. Daemian ended a reign of terror with his own hands. Now he is expected to be crowned King of the New Dawn. But every step toward the throne feels heavier than he had expected, as the echoes of his past come back to haunt him. He does not break in front of the kingdom - only in the quiet places where Lune finds him. Lune refuses to let him drown. With her at his side, Daemian begins to rebuild not just a broken kingdom, but everything he thought he had lost inside himself as well. Because some legacies are meant to burn, while others are meant to rise with the new dawn.

(ONC 2025 Shortlisted) It's been more than twenty years since Dwayne last saw his childhood imaginary friend. But in a sudden hail of bullets, explosions, and car chases, Mr. Foo Foo comes roaring back into his life in a major way with trouble hot on his tail. Dwayne's boring and mundane life is about to get upended in a serious way, and the bonds of friendship will be put to the test like never before in this wild and action-packed adventure. This story is based on prompt number 105: Your childhood imaginary friend, who disappeared years ago, suddenly returns - only this time, they're real.

Lena Harris doesn't do messy. She deals in information and observations, small gaps and mistakes that can be leveraged to make problems go away. She gets her jobs done quickly, cleanly, and efficiently, and then she moves on, never dwelling on the past or worrying about anything beyond the next operation. And that's the way she likes it. Until her boss assigns her to the messiest operation she's ever faced. Now her carefully built up professional distance is collapsing around her, and she doesn't know how to hold it up- or if she even wants to anymore. __________ Open Novella Contest (ONC2026), prompt 33: It doesn't take long before everything in your life spins out of control. One moment you're a secret assassin, and the next you've somehow been hired as a nanny and you're not entirely sure how it happened. ONC Round Two winner

After her parents mysteriously die, Selassi travels from The UK to her heritage country, Ghana to officially say goodbye and let go of the family home that brought her fond memories. But it's not that simple as she begins to uncover an unsettling truth about who she really is and what really happened to her parents. Will the secrets of the past reveal a truth that will free her or haunt her ?