-Top 25 Finalist- Our parents always warned us about talking to strangers on the internet but did they ever warn us about frogs? Highest ranking: #440 in Short Story (c) Copyright 2016 by Littleninjamari

Thank you for checking out my #OnceUponNow entry! All votes and comments are greatly appreciated! Amira and the Red Bottom Shoes The war changed everything. My life unwound like a ball of yarn tumbling down a flight of stairs. The streets that were once filled with laughter and children playing were soon replaced with the sounds of war. Gunfire, bombs, and the wails of mothers who had lost their children too soon became my new normal. In October, my school crumbled to the ground. My brother had been lost in the rubble. Mother and Father died on their way to collect his body. In an instant, I became an orphan. The call came three days later. My father's sister offered to take me in. She lived in America. Even in a time of great sorrow, I can still remember the first time I said the magical words out loud, "I'm moving to America." The butterflies in my stomach started fluttering at that very moment and didn't stop until I stepped out of the airport and into my aunt's outstretched arms. But, like most fairy tales, mine new life was not what I had expected nor would it be easy. Would I live happily ever after or would my new life in American turn into a living hell? My name is Amira and this is my story.

Six months old and freezing from the snow storm, she is left on the porch of a house. Just an innocent baby girl wrapped in a single pink blanket, left on the door step with nothing but a note that reads only four simple words: Her name is Mistletoe. Mistletoe's life seems blessed as the family of the house raises her with love and kindness. For seventeen years she feels as though she is the luckiest girl alive, being showered in laughter and the happiest of memories. But on that seventeenth year when mistakes arise, her unbelievable heaven soon becomes an inescapable hell. It is on Christmas Eve that Mistletoe's life soon becomes a race to the finish line. One treacherous event follows another, but will she let that stop her from reaching the end? Her heart is tested and her sole is pushed. She faces not only physical barriers but emotional ones too. Will the unexpected meeting of a boy that tickles her heart with unknown sparks of feelings, help her through the journey or only add to her pain? When she realises it is not only a race but a test of her heart and soul, will she let the horror of her past, self-doubt, and incessant need to blame keep her from proving she is worthy? Or will she learn to forgive and understand sometimes a mistake is just that, a mistake. She must pass every test to make it to the finish line and if proven worthy the angel who has been watching might just lend her a miracle. Will she receive her miracle or will she receive the inexplicable punishment for her hatred and blame and watch those who love her, follow the angel to heaven. All Rights Reserved to Lauren_A__, 2015 © STORY ON HOLD

This is a story about a love forbidden by heavens. A love that ceased, and will now happen. Life has always been sparkling for Reina Methem. From the moment of her birth the heaven showered her with light, blessings and a birthmark that resembled a pair of wings on her back. The mark that will turn her bright days into mystery with one fateful meeting. This is a take on angel myths. Hope you guys will like it.

He was in pain. I helped him break the curse. A modern twist on Beauty and the Beast.

Going through a loophole. Encountering two pyscho teenagers and a man who acts like he's a little kid. Falling through a hole with only an annoying talking doorknob to comfort(or pain) her. And most of all, being in a crazy upside-down world for all of it. Now the Queen is after her head, and with only a talking doorknob with an attitude problem, can they figure out a way to get Laeci back home? *** *amazing new cover thanks to @renesmeewolfe. Go check her out!* *this story is a entry for Target's onceuponnow contest. Please vote during June 14-21 on the FIRST CHAPTER(prologue). Thanks!* *4-9K word limit, 8,805 written, 8938 with summary* *took the #justwriteit challenge, done in 27 days, I think* *enough with footnotes, let's get on with the story! Enjoy!*