「I was stupid, so stupid.」 「Just control me, and make the whispers stop.」 • • • Celeana Asthansia is the first victim that has been released from the Meowstic's den. For five long years, she's been hurt, traumatised and controlled, losing any sense of independence she had. Now, five years later, she's been through severe therapy, and she's ready to go on her first Pokemon journey. The freedom the Meowstic gave her was both a blessing and a curse--- she's met so many wonderful friends that she never wants to leave. But when they aren't around, everything quickly spirals into pure black silence, so dark it's defeaning, and the whispers grow and spiral out of control. • • • 「I'm proud of this mask. I have a whole assortment of them for you to enjoy, a whole selection of smiles, but I'm afraid they're breaking.」 Ryou Imizu is a mysterious teenager who's running from the past. • • • 「What would you know about hope? I've seen the end coming too many times to count. Tell me, if everything results in our eventual end, what good is there to hope?」 Quinn Mave is an eccentric girl who doesn't know which timeline to trust any more. • • • "Everything will be quiet once more," the Meowstic whispers, "If you just give in once again." • • • 「I've taken away all your friends. You've nothing left now.」 「That's right. Come with me, and I'll give me plenty of friends that'll stay with you forever.」 • • • 「Cover by me (@izayoix)」 「Entered in the Pokemon Watty Awards 2016 • Adventure Category」 「3rd Place in the Adventure category of the Pokemon Watty Awards 2016」

No one would pick up a broken lantern, after all. No one would look at a functioning lantern too--because they'd just fade away into the background as a meaningless ornament. ...but why was it so important to me?

It's horrible to don a mask. Most wear some kind of mask in their life--and for the most part, they're never of the best quality. All they cause is useless self-destruction and pain, but the good thing about them is that they can hide some ugly part of you that you don't want to show to the world. They're always a step down from what you think they'd be, always a notch lower than expectations, and always a lie to hide from the reality around us. ...of course, there are those that can see through those masks too, and it's supposed that Arceus created these humans to keep the world's sanity. That's all Avis wishes for, because it's nearly impossible to find any semblance of peace in this midst of war and chaos. To him, that's staying alone; staying out of others' business, and for the first seventeen years of his life, he's done that pretty well. § Avis can only hide in the shadow of his twin brother's strength, stranded in a country ravaged by war and destruction--and he tries to live his life in the darkness peacefully. He doesn't need to be noticed by everyone. The illusion of a functional, ideal life, however, is shattered when his family's balance is destroyed, and he thus dons his first mask. § For all his life, Avis had been taught that disaster was bad. For the most part, he's believed that much--he only needs to think of ungraceful piles of debris and blood-caked grounds to be convinced of that. At eighteen, he finds himself starting to doubt it--just a little. He can hate disaster for tearing his life to pieces, but he can't quite hate it for granting him something better than a miracle. § Tonight, these children don their masks.

Kanto knows the pains of war: the conflicts, the corruption, and the deaths. Ever since the nation suffered its first civil war, Kanto continued to thrive under the reign of Queen Rin. However, she lost many of her knights in battle including her right hand man, Andrew Fraverden, his best knight. Queen Rin took his orphaned daughter under her wing. Soul, the said daughter, trained vigorously, facing a series of discriminatory hardships in order to continue her father's legacy. With the help of Sir Aaron, another aura guardian, Soul was able to achieve greatness at a young age. However, it seems that another war between two foreign nations might just make its way into Kanto. In order to prevent another tragedy, Soul, Sir Aaron, and four more knights are sent out to gather vital information to prevent another tragedy. Is it possible for history to repeat itself once more? Will the knights be able to prevent another war and protect the Kingdom of Rota? » Black Brew 2017 2nd Place Winner « » Pokémon Watty Awards 2017 3rd Place Winner: Adventure Category « » Pokémon Watty Awards 2017 Special Award: Best Depiction of Setting «

...Do I really have to give this stupid introduction? Yes? I do...? Fine... Whatever. My name is Nova Lise, and I just moved to the Alola region. I'm nineteen, and because my mother can hardly stay in one place, we move from region to region a lot. I try not to get too attached to anything or anyone, because I never know when my mother will up and decide to move again. My father's not in the picture, so don't even think about asking about him. Most trial-goers in Alola are eleven years old when they start their island challenge. I'm nineteen years old and just now starting mine, since I only recently moved here. ...okay, so maybe I'm getting a bit of a late start. So what? I know this is a new thing for me, starting an island challenge in a completely unfamiliar region, but my cousin Kukui deciding that I need a babysitter to make sure I don't get lost and give me a crash course on being a Pokemon Trainer was the absolute worst idea he's ever had. Yeah, my new babysitter's name is Altair Knight, and that jerk is so infuriatingly perfect at everything that it drives me insane. I look like some sort of fumbling idiot compared to Mr. Perfect, because I can't even properly work a microwave! Anyways, this is the story where I'm supposed to go on some journey with this infuriating guy Altair who loves to push my buttons and mess with me, a quiet and mysterious girl named Lillie, and some spastic eleven year old boy named Hau who's obsessed with malasada, and I'm supposed to come back from it all a different person. Hah. Yeah right. I'm not a perfect person, I'm flawed. And if you don't like that, get lost. {Pokemon Sun & Moon fanfiction; OC x OC pairing; PG-13 for dark themes and strong language; cover art was edited by me and I don't own the art used for it}

I was always weak, a Larvesta that was frail and burdened with many unfair curses that this world has brought. All I wanted to do was make an impact--to do something; even one thing would be fine--that could make even the tiniest difference. It wouldn't mean a speck of dust to any other creature, but to me, it would have more meaning than the fragments of my monochromatic life stitched together. • • • Iɴ ᴛʜɪs ʜᴇʟʟ ᴏғ ᴜɴғᴀɪʀɴᴇss ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀɪᴇғ﹐ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs﹣ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ɴᴏᴡ﹖

She wanted to fall. To fall and sleep and never wake up. But before she hit the ground, she heard the voice of Life. ❝I'm offering you a choice, Celaena.❞ ••• Winner of the 2016 One Shot Category

The mind is a precious thing. To every person there are multiple goals, multiple evils, and multiple goods. Every person has secrets. The good are no exception to this. Nobody is as they seem. There is a reason for every action. Every person has a story, a motive. The bad are a victim as well. Humans are feeble creatures, relying on their minds to give them justice. Yet, every person is sparked by their own insanity. They are all slaves to the depths of their puny minds. We are slaves to our own psychic aggression. -a Pokemon and Ace Attorney criminal and legal thriller- <><><> Second place in Adventure Pokémon 2016 Wattys Voted Most Thought Provoking Fic in Pokémon 2016 Wattys Voted Scariest Fic in Pokémon 2016 Wattys Voted Best Mystery/Most Intriguing Moments in Pokémon 2016 Wattys Entered into the Ace Attorney 2016 Wattys Part of the offical fanfiction reading list for Pokemon