Bella Winters is a seventeen year old with little confidence, controlled daily by her anxiety. Bella wants to remain hidden in school but ends up gaining the attention from the school's popular bully, and the school's heart throb all within the same week. A heartwarming tale where Bella Winters endures heartbreak that sends her on a discovery of self love and confidence. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Do not copy/reproduce or use any of the text in this story.

I move my way about, weaving through the rows of desks, making it to the assigned table. I awkwardly sit down in one of the seats. The two boys were being pricks, and the other girl wasn't here today. Guess I'll have to do all the work for today. Lifting the screen of my computer, I look for the assignment in the document that was sent for each group. The document has a prompt, why were the beliefs of the greek so focused on the aspect of love, war, and beauty? "What's your name?" One of the two ask, I glance up to see his face. He has bright red hair and hazel eyes, with an un-complimenting tan skin to match somehow. "Valerie," I say, giving a weak grin. "I'm Apollo and this grumpy cat over here is Duncan," He says, gesturing towards the guy next to him. His hair was a darker blonde with a lighter tan. His eyes were looking down at his phone, snickering every couple of minutes. "Apollo what the hell!" Duncan exclaims as Apollo pulls Duncan's phone away. His eyes were filled with anger, I noticed his eyes were unique. They looked blue, green, and grey at the same time. "We are in a group project, Duncan," Apollo says, scolding Duncan for his behavior. "Hi, I'm Duncan. And you are?" He questions, Apollo's head in his hands. "I'm Valerie, seems we'll be partners for the rest of the year," I say sarcastically, rolling my eyes at him. An exasperated breath leaves from between my lips. "Great," He says, repaying me with the same annoyance. ---------------------------------------------------- This is only a introduction for a collab account with me @Sophia_SKD and @Be_crazy25 . Remember to check her account too for intro to characters in list form...

Watching the hands of the clock move felt like an eternity of waiting in Mrs. Finch's English class. Today was the last day of my old life and the starting of a brand new one. When this period ends I'll be free of school, my foster family, and my unknown past I had been so obsessed with when I was young. Turning eighteen was all the more better when your birthday is on the last day of your senior year. These last moments of my day are filled with the obnoxious noise that comes out of Mrs.Finch's horrid mouth. "Alannah Woodland, please pay attent-" Mrs. Finch started to say as the bell rang, cutting her off. "Alannah is free!" I exclaim, in a terrible impression of dobby.

"W-what's your name?" I ask, as this kind teenager that is helping me, when I don't even know how to thank him. "I'm Kayden, but I've always wanted to be called Maine" he says. "I-I don't like to be c-called Lynn I prefer D-Darcy" I say. "Okay Darcy, are you feeling calmer?" He asks me. "I f-feel a little better. T-Thanks for b-before Maine" I say, pulling my sleeves over my hands. ♡♡♡ Darcy Beyers is seventeen, like everyone else she hates school. Having an anxiety attack almost everyday. She can't control it and she can't just forget about anything, especially one event that made everything worse for six years now. On the first week of her senior year, she is surprised by the kindness of a not so popular, but popular jerk that runs most of the school. What happens when both of them start to fall apart, crying is a everyday thing. But falling together was fate. "Now my thoughts on Shy and Anxiety are two different things" "Everyone knows that" ♡♡♡

The life of a Raven Sister consisted of glittering gowns, lavish parties, royal acquaintances, and inescapable death. The lavish life of a Sister was not all that it seemed. The extravagance was a cover-up, a way to make people forget about the harsh truth. Behind the smiles and the laughter, darkness and despair lurked. For there was only one thing a Raven Sister was supposed to do, and that was die. Her sole purpose was to give up her life at age eighteen to the merciless country of Aveeria, to prevent a mass slaughtering of her country. Underneath her makeup and gown, she was nothing more than a mere sacrifice. All of their lives, Evlyn and her fellow Sisters knew their destiny. No matter how hard they tried to escape it, death would always come for them. No matter what they did, they would always end up meeting the same fate. As the days pass and it grows closer to the night of the Blood Moon, the night they are to be sacrificed, dark and unnerving secrets begin to unravel, secrets about the world Evlyn knows, and about the country she is to be given up for. Perhaps the heroic and magical story of her's and her Sister's sacrifice is darker and much more twisted than it is remembered to be. And so is, as she is soon to find out, life after death.

FILE SELECTED... LOADING... 10%...20%...30%...80%...99%... LOADING COMPLETE. WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD... A million years ahead of us, there is no war, conflict, poverty, or violence. There are no countries, no borders. Technology and humanity work hand in hand as one; where information is always available and in reach, and it doesn't take any effort, not even the push of a button. In the New World, every person has a programming chip attatched to their brain, where information comes automatically. In the New World, everyone is born blind and def, and knows nothing about themselves. Their personalities are a blank slate waiting to be written on. The New World is perfection, and a dream come true. Like all the other people in the New World, Laila was born blind and deaf, and had no idea about herself. She and the other Youths grew up in small separate isolated rooms with one toilet, one bed, and no windows-with no human contact what-so-ever. Her job was to learn about the rules, society, the rights, the wrongs, and customs of the New World to prepare for when she and all the other Youths would be set free. She ate, gained information, and slept, in the same routine of every day, of every week, of every year in her life, until Recognition Day. At age 16, the Youths gain their sight, their personalities, their likes, their dislikes, their name, and so much more. Based on their assigned personalities, they are given a job, their friends, their favorite things, etc. On that day, Laila gets a life, the best life she could ever imagine. But maybe she's not living the life she expected. And maybe, the New World isn't as perfect as she's been taught. WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD, WE HOPE YOU LIKE YOUR STAY... ### Book 1