It's a new year and Gauntlet finalist Codi James is back for round two. With her new position at the top ranked Battlecast Academy and with last year's victor no longer competing, it seems like the fates have aligned to give Codi a clear run at winning the tournament once and for all. Armed with state of the art equipment, a rigorous training schedule and a scholarship fund to let her focus on nothing but the Gauntlet all year round, she has one goal: first place. But this year the game has changed. She's not the plucky underdog anymore. Codi has the weight of expectations on her shoulders, and there are those who view her leap to fame through jealous eyes. This year her battles won't be confined to the arena, and now she has everything to lose. [Sequel to The Gauntlet]

And then I heard the boring ringtone again. She was no longer on the other side of the line. Pearl swore. I want Pearl. #129 in short story

Alice, sweet old Alice is invited to a wedding. Her former high school best friend's wedding. But that's not the bad part. The bad part is that Alice is in love with the groom ever since high school. She asks Iris (her college best friend) to go with her to the wedding. Iris agrees. Meanwhile before the wedding Alice meets a guy, a seriously arrogant and cocky guy. It was hate at first sight and guess what. He's the best man. Join Alice on her adventure with the insanely hot but mean best man. Will they fall in love? Will she realize that she's over the groom. And most important will he break her heart?

ONLY 3 CHAPTERS WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER December 21st, 2021 WARNING: CLICHES AHEAD. LOTS. OF. THEM I cocked my head to the side and glared at him. "And if I don't want to go?" I asked him in a challenging voice, raising an eyebrow. He shrugged. "Doesn't matter. You're coming with me- even if I have to drag your butt out of bed in your pajamas," he said casually, sending a punch to the bag. I glared at him and crossed my arms. "You're lucky I like you," I grumbled, and his cocky smirk didn't go unnoticed by me, at all. "Keep on smirking, bud. I'll have your butt on the ground in seconds." I glared at his back. * * * She's an undefeated street fighter He's a curious stereotyped 'bad boy'. She's ruthless. He's nosy. She's cold. He's too cocky for his own good. She's the school's reserved straight-A student. He's the school's labeled 'bad boy' who has a secret brain. She fights to let it all out. He watches her to figure her out. Claire Walker is her name. Blake Johnson is his. There's no way love can find these two with her past beginning to catch up with her and his life beginning to pressure down on him. To know her reason for fighting, you'll have to strike your focus into her past. To understand any of him, you'll have to duck beneath his surface and find out. So there's just one question left: Are these two really prepared for the fight of their life? Cover made by beezgobuzz Highest Ranking: #37 in Romance #45 in Teen Fiction

I HAVE PUT THIS ON-HOLD FOR THE TIME BEING. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience but this story has no longer interested me in writing anymore. Maybe I'll come back to it after some time, maybe not. Thank you for understanding~ Skittles (Spinoff to I'll Fight For You. I guess you could read this as a stand-alone, but you'd be a bit confused with some parts so yea) Maria Ann Johnson is the fifteen-year-old daughter of Claire and Blake Johnson with the everyday life a usual teenager would have. She has the drama, the crushes, the friends, the stress, and the over-bearing parents. Not to mention one seriously over a protective best friend. Nonetheless, Maria believes her life is as normal as it can get. Except, what she doesn't know, is that her 'normal-perfect' life, was about to be turned upside down. Tyler Ross is the seventeen-year-old son of Ashley and Nick Ross. He doesn't have the same life as his best friend. With his parents fighting at every waking second, school work piling up, dramatic scenarios playing out, his street fighting, and dealing with his emotions about his younger best friend, he feels like a teenage girl going through her first period more than a guy his age going about their day. With secrets hidden from the pair of best friends, you can only imagine the drama that will follow the both of them. What's more, what will happen when the past and the present collide? Well, you'll get tears, betrayal, heartbreak, and the greatest test of love you'll ever witness. Their story seems as if it's yet to truly begin, but even so, will they rise to the challenge and fight? Or will they wait patiently to make the right move?

Nova can't escape the rich town of Riverside, where a tragedy follows her every step, but she can work to uncover who's been lying to her all these years. ***** When seventeen-year-old Nova Nightingale returns to her late mother's hometown the last thing she expects is to be public enemy number one, but the rumors surrounding her mother's sudden disappearance fifteen years earlier follow Nova everywhere she goes. And to top it all off, the local rich boy, Isaac Royal, is adamant about making her life hell. Surrounded by rumors, lies, and a secret keeping the town on edge, Nova has to figure out why she's hated and why the boy hell-bent on making her suffer seems to be the only person she can trust. Content/Triggering Warning: this story contains themes of suicide and violence [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

"What is it about you, Kira?" Oliver asked, more to himself than me, in a whisper. I could hardly breathe with him being so close and my heart was pounding almost painfully hard. "I don't know what you mean." I answered in an out of breathe manner, though I believed he was feeling the same as me. I wished I didn't have these crazy attraction and affectionate feelings for him, but I did; there was no controlling them, so I supposed I was just in for a long ride, one that would certainly lead to heartbreak. However, just because I knew the inevitable, I wasn't going to fight how I felt about him. ---------------------------------------------------------- Love may be rough for most people, but it's even harder when you fall for someone you can never be with. Kira is a 16 year old human slave that has been living with a vampire named Sam for many years. When a war breaks out and Sam is sent to a vampire clan on the other side of the continent, Kira is forced to move in with Sam's older brother Oliver. Oliver is the leader of the vampires of the Ibitario Clan. He's powerful and gorgeous, but more importantly, he's cruel and heartless. With two opposite personalities, will Kira and Oliver ever be able work out their difficulties, or will it be a lost cause? -------------------------- Beautiful cover created by M_Rainberry

[Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Romance ] Aurora Rosa is bonded—but not by choice, her existence is tied to a man she has yet to meet. Forced into submission because of her origin, her fate is sealed. Why? Because she is the property of Zachary Thomson. The man who owns her contract. As an Immortalia, she is nothing but a product with no expiration date. With extraordinary powers, she’s useful to many. Useful in the sense that she can benefit several businesses—that is until they tamper with her nature, and transforms her into a weapon instead of a tool. Cover Model: Miss Mosh http://miss-mosh.deviantart.com/ Cover art: Prisim

Codi James is a chronic underachiever. A straight C student, her life is going nowhere. Causing havoc at yet another school it looks like she's heading for another expulsion, until one teacher decides to call in a favour from an old friend. Codi is sent to the one place where her aggression might do her some good. Joining the underdeveloped Brax-Delta training academy, Codi is set on the long, bruising path to compete as a champion in the Gauntlet Tournament. Thrown together with a team of other misfits and under the tutorage of a frustrated veteran, she has one chance left to prove that she's more than just a struggling orphan. Never underestimate a desperate person. WINNER OF 2014 WATTPAD PRIZE FOR BEST EPIC

Aurora's world turned upside down nearly a year ago when she discovered that she's half Mystical, one of two groups of Supernaturals that exist. A year ago, she wasn't even sure if she believed in all the Supernatural talk… it seemed about as realistic as UFOs. Now she spends her days trying to perfect her Fae skills and her free time hanging with her friends or sparing with the shifters at the gym. Life gets even more interesting after she catches the attention of a vampire. Chase Avery isn't just any vampire though, he's the definition of terrifying. When she manages to one up him in a sparring match, he's more than a little intrigued. Chase knows that no Fae should fight so well, they're Mysticals, they use magic not strength. The Cursed are know for their brawn and yet Aurora manages to hold her own against them, he's determined to find out why.