After Aelin gets out of her coffin she refuses to settle until she retrieves something that Maeve took from her, Everyone is confused to what could be so important...

❝I dream of a land filled with pine and snow. I gaze at the stars in our sky so I'll never forget, and welcome the darkness because it is kind. They are our stars because they hold our dreams - the ones we wish and whisper. I gaze at the crackling fire and the embers that lay within so I will always remember who I am.' [Cover image CTTO]

❝You know,' he purred, velvet voice raking talons down her spine, 'I rather like you, princess.' [Cover image CTTO]

*** Catching her eyes, he immediately reached for his fallen sword. But she was already there, with her arm raised and the weapon kissing the delicate skin of his throat. He froze interror as a smile crossed her face. Her blue eyes pierced into his brown ones. "Who are you?" he asked in quick shaky breaths. His voice was barely audible. "I am Celaena Sardothien," she whispered. "And don't you dare forget that." *** Only twelve years old, she runs away from home, after finding her parents dead. She has nothing left, except for her name. When Arobynn Hamel finds her half-drowned in the banks of the Avery River, he takes her in, but only in one condition--- if she trains to become an assassin. Left with no choice, she must train everyday, in order to survive. Will a twelve year old be able to survive among a group of assassins? Will she be able to kill? ~~Warning: may contain spoilers~~

*All credit for places and character go to S.J.Maas* "When two worlds collide, one from each must die. But love while you still can, because Queens of Fire and Shadow rule the lands." What would happen if the best assassin and the High Lady of the Night Court were united? *Cover by LilithKitten*

Celaena if she hadn't been sent to endovier... Hey so 8 years later and I'm still obsessed with ToG so I decided to work on this story again. Right now I'm working on editing the chapters I already published (and adding some more scenes in between chapters). I was in middle school when I wrote this originally so it could definitely use some work. Also please be kind I've never really been much of a writer, I'm just a stem girlie who loves to read fantasy!

For queenelentiya (tumblr). A Sam Cortland origin story.

Sam wasn't killed he was taken prisoner by Arobynn Hamel and Celaena thinks he is dead. When he finds out she is alive be escapes and is put into the competition for a place to be one of the king's champions.

This is a story about Sam and Celaena. If Sam wouldn't of died. So Celaena is still the kings champion but she didn't get sent to the salt mines. Celaena killed Arobynn and became the Queen of Assassins.

Celaena paced. The clock ticked. Only a minute had passed? How? It felt like an hour. He still wasn't back. He wasn't with her. Was he hurt? Dead? No. She willed herself to think, He's alive. He wouldn't leave you. She went out in search of him anyways. ~~~~ Their meeting places. His scout points. His escape routes. The Avery. The sewers. The area around the house. No where was he found. Rage. Fear. Worry. Sadness. Guilt. Anger. She began to walk back to the apartment and didn't look back to check if anyone followed. ~~~~ Celaena walked to her apartment, the door slightly ajar at the top of the creaky wooden stairs she somehow walked upon without noise. She gripped her dagger, though hoped it was only Sam... She opened the door, only to find Arobynn Hamel facing her from her couch. "What do you want now?" She barely kept back an inhuman growl. Arobynn's eyes showed sympathy. Maybe even... No. She didn't want to think about it. "I said what do you want?" Her anger was slipping, her fear for Sam clouding her judgement. Arobynn scanned her over, calculating, "You were out all night." Celaena barely bit her tongue to hold back a scream of rage. "...Sam was found dead this morning." It was as if she had stopped hearing. Stopped breathing. "I want to see the body..." "That's not a good--" "I SAID I WANT TO SEE THE BODY!" Arobynn shook his head at her though eventually stood, silently walking her back to the Assassin's Keep. She doesn't know when he caused her to black out. ~~~~ Fan fiction of Celaena Sardothien and Sam Cortland if he had lived to see another day.