Two and a half years after she left the Leaf Village, we find Ashley hot on the trail of the Akatsuki. Ordered to gather as much information as she can, Ashley abandoned her training in her homeland, the Land of Ambience, to pursue the members of the criminal organization. When she finally returns home, her friends are over joyed to see her again, Kiba especially. Back together again, Ashley and Kiba are happy to continue where they left off. But what will happen when one terrible decision tears them apart again? Will they be able to make it through? Will Ashley's friends ever understand her reason for leaving them again? More importantly, is the darkness in her heart, courtesy of Hakuba the Ten Tailed Wolf, real? Does Ashley truly wish to join the other side and leave everyone she ever cared about behind? And how will she react, when the Ninja World is on the verge of the biggest War in history?

18-year old Joy Woods encounters a witch who whisks her away to the magical kingdom of Nerera. With her final breaths, the witch gives Joy a quest to stop a mysterious sorcerer named Klaus Bloodgood from causing a catastrophic event. But who is Klaus, and what secrets does he hold? Joy will have to find out if she ever wants to go back home. On her journey, Joy discovers the meaning of friendships, trust, and maybe even a bit of her own magic.

What begins as a perilous journey across uncharted seas to retrieve a lost friend spirals out of proportion and into a quest to fulfill the wishes of a mystic Guru who insists on the defeat of a selfish and power thirsty monster whom calls himself "The Humane One." While eager to preserve all of creature-kind and rescue little sister Namrah, Zethany and her friends find themselves uncovering the dark and ancient secrets of their planet and begin to suspect something far more sinister is at play here... --- Being a work in progress, this book is more than likely to have misspells, grammar errors, plot holes, etc... Feel free to correct me on any that you spot! Many thanks! Current word count: 22,802 (Updated every chapter release.) Don't forget to hit that star button at the end of your read! It is much appreciated and deeply motivates me to continue my story! Visit this link for a playlist of fan videos and canon voices for this story! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWBoZ3yNJVjNBrpCHwzjtCFyh7chmiNa7 Like the cover? Visit here for more Animatricks artwork! http://world-of-animatricks.deviantart.com/gallery/ Did you know that Animatricks has a Tumblr AND a Discord? https://animatricksblog.tumblr.com/ https://discord.gg/meXPjCG

Midori Nagamori lived for a time as a citizen of Kusachigakure no Sato, a small, secluded village on the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water. Her life was peaceful and seemingly hopeful ... until her world was turned upside-down by unexplainable attackers. It was a horrendous and destructive invasion; lives were lost, homes were burned, and livelihoods were ruined completely. Had it not been for her father's sacrifice and the interception of an allying village, Midori and her mother, Ayama, would have perished the same fate as their fellow villagers. Being left without a house and a village, they had to set off in search of a new place to call "home". Having found such a place in Konohagakure no Sato, they attempted to move on with their lives and settle down within there. New bonds are formed, new abilities are learned, and new adventrues are taken. Follow Midori as she sets out on a new life after losing her old one.

Alaura is the beloved princess of the country of Everim, the first girl to be born to the noble line in generations. As a babe it is foretold that a unique power will manifest inside her, but what that power is she must discover for herself. One day an ebony mist appears in Everim, spreading a deadly plague upon it's populace, while Alaura is still but a child. The only one who can stop the plague is the Druid Kiaran, who no one trusts because of the dark tails about him. With no other choice, the king begs Kiaran for his help, but his help comes with a price. His price is Princess Alaura herself; that when she is older she would come with him to his domain. Alaura herself makes the deal, but when the time comes she struggles to keep her brave promise. Along with her growing powers, Alaura's world becomes a raging storm as she learns that nothing is ever what it seems.

Thank you to everyone who loved and read this story, but I'm leaving Wattpad as a writer for good. This story won't continue to be written, but feel free to enjoy what I had written of it. One day I plan to remake this story and others into a comic or a graphic novel, and when that happens I'll let you all know here. <3 ==== When Esme is a child, her mother--the queen of Flucht--dies mysteriously on the beach. The death is immediately blamed on sea serpents, ocean-dwelling cousins of dragons that are infamous for being violently unpredictable and attacking coastal cities. Esme takes to sleeping around as she gets older, hoping to fill the hole in her heart, but only ends up tearing it more. When she finds a serpent hatchling washed up on the beach and can't bring herself to kill it, Esme decides to raise it as an ally of Diella instead of an enemy. With the serpent she raises and a certain foreign prince with an odd choice in weaponry, she finds herself less empty than before. But as she learns more about the true nature of the sea serpents, old matters don't make as much sense as they used to, and Esme starts asking questions nobody else dared to. Why would a serpent attack a human unprovoked? Was her mother's death on the beach truly an accident, or was it murder? And what if she's next? ----- cover by @CarKann