This is a short story I wrote for english in high school. I've changed a few things around to make them sound better. We were told to write our own collection story after reading John Fowles' The Collector, so I hope you like it.

Hogwarts is not what it used to be. One by one, house by house, students are being picked off and killed brutally. They all have one thing in common: they were all crying before they died. It's a race against time for Jeremiah and Nancy as they work in secret to find out who the murderer before he unleashes a monstrous beast that will take down the entire Wizarding World.

Arianna is the daughter of Devin and Samantha Striker. Her parents had a rough mating, and her father cheated on her mother for a good part of it. Though things worked out for them and they're now happily married, it distorted Arianna's view of mates, so much so that she's determined not to have a mate, doesn't want one, doesn't dream of one. Ashtyn is next in line to be the Beta of his pack, Arianna's uncles pack to be precise. He's lived a care free playboy life ever since he realized girls had boobs. He's got every female he encounters eating out of the palm of his hand, and he always takes full advantage of that, but lately he's been restless. No longer completely satisfied with the constant change of bed partners, he's decided he might want something more, that elusive mate that's out there waiting for him. So what happens when the stubborn defiant Arianna meets the aspiring reformed play boy Ashtyn? A chase will ensue, to what extent will Ashtyn go to win his mate over, and how long will Arianna be able to resist her mate?

Hope was born bearing the mark of the Lyric. She has known all her life about the odd shaped birthmark on the back of her neck but never knew what it truly stood for. Her eighteenth birthday arrives and strange things begin to happen causing Hope to rethink her priorities in life. Before her concerns centered around the simple life of any average high school teenager . Now, with her new found abilities and the discovery of a new friend in the most unlikely of places she decides that it is her time to finally make a difference. But as she sets out for a journey of a life time another group of people, the Special Forces, have a different plans for her. Will she succumb to their wishes or will she follow her heart and fight for the greater good?

What if? What if Leila had not run away from her pack and met Dylan? What if she had stayed behind, and followed through with her engagement to Alpha Nicolas? This is an Alternate Reality, where Leila decides to stay and confront the decision Alpha Jackson and her father made about marrying the Alpha of Raven Pack. Will Leila and Dylan ever meet? If they do, what will happen between Nicolas and Leila before that happens?

Julie has always been the shy type. Her world changes when she finds wattpad, a very popular ebook community. She becomes addicted to it and even starts posting her own stories. But are friends, fans and votes all she will get from this site? Or is it possible to find love as well?