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Escaping The End (1st Draft) by blackfeather255
Escaping The End (1st Draft)
blackfeather255
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The people of Theia knew the end would come soon. The end was growing closer every day. Determined to save some of the population, a ship is launched into orbit until it is safe to land. Apollo and Europa are two of the remaining population who are preparing to land on the new planet. What will they find when they land on the newly formed planet, Earth?
Cage & Conglomerate by bomirandawrites
Cage & Conglomerate
bomirandawrites
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  • Votes 15
  • Parts 3
Being the heiress of a Galactic fortune should be fun, right? Well... Miss Delailah West, daughter to a Starlord, is about to learn that the splendours she's enjoyed all her life come at a price - namely that of marriage and the limiting existence as an "ornament to society", or whatever nonsense her mother spouts. Delailah is determined not to end up an idle creature of luxury and to make her own way in the galaxy instead, but this begs the question: how in the Twin Queens' names does a young lady of galictocratic birth find her destiny, and can she do it while also defying her family's expectations and falling in love? --- Author's Note: Have you ever wondered what would happen if you threw Jane Austen's Collected Works into a blender and mixed them, sent the result roughly 5.000 years into the future and seasoned with Galactic aristocracy, a hint of Oscar Wilde and space-travel? ... I imagine it'd read something like this.
Mirefall by KittraMcbriar
Mirefall
KittraMcbriar
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  • Parts 37
Stars rain from the sky. They shatter the earth, and their ichor fills her wounds. Mire. The sacred substance which either kills or transforms any living thing it touches. That which remakes the world. All eighteen-year-old Nikessa's ever wanted was to be a chryshunter--one of those whose work it is to seek out and dig up the magical fossilized remains of ancient mirefallen beasts. But when she's made an heir after the death of her cousin, she's forced to give up her dreams and travel to her birthplace--even as stars fall, new and horrible beasts roam the land, and tensions mount between nations. There she's to learn which seat of power will be hers--and to which five of the Mirelands' other heirs she'll be betrothed. But things at the capitol are not well, and some of those whom she once trusted prove traitorous. In the midst of a violent coup, Nik finds herself relying on powers she can barely fathom to fight an enemy she never imagined...all for a throne she doesn't even want. But if it means saving the lands and people she loves, she's more than ready to wear the crown. (I will be making major edits to every chapter of this story in the near future. This will involve totally replacing the content of all existing chapters here as well as resubmitting the stories entirely to Scribblehub and RoyalRoad. If you're reading this story anywhere other than Wattpad, Scribblehub or Royal Road, you're reading a pirated version.) CW: story contains strong language, violence and some elements of body horror
The Time Traveller's Ball (The Erik Midgard Case Files Volume 1) by kdnorwich1
The Time Traveller's Ball (The Erik Midgard Case Files Volume 1)
kdnorwich1
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  • Parts 15
How do you solve a murder when every single suspect has a time machine? Time-travelling police officer Erik Midgard has a problem. He has seen his own future. His fate is set. There is no way out. There is nothing he can do to escape it. He is going to die. But in the meantime, he has a murder to solve. On the moons of Mars, 900 years into the future, the wealthiest men and women in the solar system are arriving for the biggest night in the social calendar. The invitations are exclusively for people rich enough to own their own time machines. It is meant to be the greatest party in history. No one is supposed to die there. But when the guest of honour is found dead after the last dance, Erik and his partner Mirabi find themselves facing the greatest challenge of their careers. Trapped in a luxurious mansion and surrounded by millionaires, lovers, enemies, assassins, terrorists, robot doubles, hidden grudges, secret agendas and a criminal genius plotting his masterpiece, Erik and Mirabi must solve the case before its consequences can explode across the solar system. But as they sift through the evidence and the details of the crime start to appear, Erik finds himself beginning to wonder. Is his destiny truly written in stone? Or could there be a way for him to change it? A Wattpad Featured Book Selected by the BBC for their official Doctor Who reading list.
The New Hope Accord by TKsBloodStainedLips
The New Hope Accord
TKsBloodStainedLips
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  • Votes 8
  • Parts 2
In the year 2125, Life Industries chose 120 people to save the human race and sent them into an orbit around the Earth that would last 2,000 years. Time has passed, and the Earth has been allowed to heal. It is now time to deliver the descendants of the chosen to a world they have only know through story and lore. Landing the craft is dangerous and has only been attempted through simulation, but learning to live on their ancestral lands will prove to be their most dangerous mission of all.
Wisdom of the Ancients by dvdvnr
Wisdom of the Ancients
dvdvnr
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  • Votes 3,136
  • Parts 1
A possible future in less than 500 words, if plastic wins. This was my entry for the WattPad/National Geographic #PlanetOrPlastic competition back in late 2018. It reached their Top 10 Submissions which, given that there appeared to be well over 5000 entries, was a very pleasant surprise! The competition itself had a limit of 500 words so, for those who keep asking if I intend continuing the story, the answer (for now!) is no - unless I can find a very good reason for adding any more. Many thanks to everyone reading and voting on this story and getting it to number 1 in the #sciencefiction category in May/June 2020! I did try to thank the voters individually on their pages but Wattpad have a daily limit on the number of times I'm allowed to do that and there are now too many of you (not that I'm complaining)! Here's the top 10 submissions page: https://www.wattpad.com/list/738243473-planetorplastic-top-10-submissions If you want to read the story in Polish please head over to https://www.wattpad.com/story/236405960-m%C4%85dro%C5%9B%C4%87-staro%C5%BCytnych-t%C5%82umaczenie-pl where @juliatlumaczy has done a fine job - thank you, Julia! @juliatlumaczy has now sent me a version of the cover she used for her Polish translation - thanks again, Julia! @alex_sokolova has also translated the story into Russian as well. You can read that here: https://www.wattpad.com/976002417-мудрость-древних - many thanks, Alex! We now have a third translation! @AlfonsoLucassen has kindly translated it into Spanish and you can find it here: https://www.wattpad.com/1063634347-la-sabidur%C3%ADa-de-los-antiguos
Becky Can't Dance by MeMyselfandI2008
Becky Can't Dance
MeMyselfandI2008
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  • Parts 1
As the title says, Becky can't dance, and everyone knows it. However, when Tobey sees her dancing, he gives a very unexpected reaction. [Cross-Posted on AO3 & Fanfiction.Net]
Smile  by smile-is-happiness
Smile
smile-is-happiness
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The Prodigies [First Draft] by Sibi21
The Prodigies [First Draft]
Sibi21
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  • Parts 39
Five-year-old Kendall Frodell is a genius and has been ever since she was born. The fact that she can and does read high school material, can mentally solve a wide array of equations, and has an incredible memory for trivia could've all easily skipped her from Kindergarten to fifth grade. But Kenny's intelligence (along with her voice) hides behind vague, situation-based index cards and rewritten answers. Things quickly change when she becomes afflicted with peculiar fainting spells-- ones where she walks, writes, and even solves equations while seemingly unconscious. Her erudition is unwillingly revealed, and she's whisked off to an academy for people like her. Very suddenly becoming aware of a whole society of gifted children, school has never been more challenging. An enforced social hierarchy, infamously harsh teachers, blockheaded children-- and the brief disappearances of her classmates only add to everything. In the style of both Ender's Game and the X-Men, The Prodigies is a piece of speculative fiction that will leave you...curious. Highest Ranking: #2 in Science Fiction [©2017-2018. All rights reserved.]
The powers that broke our family.  by korinwinchester
The powers that broke our family.
korinwinchester
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  • Votes 4
  • Parts 1
Victoria Perez is the youngest of 6. The oldest of Grayson Perez, then Drake, then Leah, then the twins Jane and Alec then Victoria. This is the story of their lives. What they had to go through without parents and developing power and knowing Christ.