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MASSIVE REWRITE WARNING!!! (Completed: 5/9/2024) The Dark One is on the move. Never seen, but always there. No one knows their name. No one knows if they're even a person. Some say they have been here since the beginning of time. Others say they appeared over night. One thing is for certain: it must be stopped or all is lost. 'Only the power of a firstborn twin can stop the dark one forever.' This prophecy has been told for centuries. Every child knows it even little Alyssa who has just turned twelve years old and is finally old enough to go to Raven's School of Magic. Her parents are happy for her, but also haunted and protective due to the loss of her twin. For years Ally has been plagued with sudden pain that leaves her unable to move or even scream. Bruises and lashes form on her body and people spread rumors that this was the mysterious power of the twin bond. Is this the case? Is her twin really alive? And is he somewhere suffering at the hands of the dark one? Ally is soon chosen to be entered the good side of magic school as many expected. However, on the same night, a boy from a well-known evil family is chosen to be in the good side as well. Many people believe that this child is chosen by the Dark One to destroy them all. What will Ally do? Will she befriend the boy or will she turn her back on him?

پھول (Pronounced p-hool) : n. Flower * * * * * Had someone told Mahroosa that she would meet her husband for the first time on her wedding day, she would've deemed it as unlikely as a fairytale penned by ancient scribes. Little did she know that this improbable scenario would unfold as her harsh reality, a consequence of her father's inexcusable crime: a forced union with the cold Prince of Surajistan. * * * * * A captivating retelling of Beauty and the Beast embedded with rich South Asian culture, raw emotions, and the real nature of love. * * * * * Contains mild swearing (Urdu)

A town is under some kind of serial killer attack, and everyone is in danger. Abra Ramsbo, a private detective and farmer, is given a job to find a missing man. New mysteries unravel as she tries to find the missing man. Deep secrets are made known, and the once-quiet town becomes a nightmare. Who is the killer? Who is next to die in the city? Is there more to it than just murder?

[FIRST DRAFT] Wren Deisy, a young girl plagued with hallucinations and strange dreams, has just discovered that maybe they weren't all in her head. Wren has the ability to portal to another world. And she couldn't have been less prepared for her adventure in the Land of Dreams. __________________ "𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦," 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥. "𝘕𝘰, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨." "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘥." 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥. "𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳." __________________ This is my story for ONC 2024! Please enjoy! (NOT EVEN CLOSE TO DONE, STILL WRITING/EDITING!!!)

In 1996 a boy wrote his thoughts in a journal. In 2018 a girl was given a journal to read. Separated through time one journal connected these two teenagers. By writing and reading they will soon learn to grow from their struggles that ties them down. M was a carefree daughter who loved to spend time with her parent's, but one day she said something that she would regret forever because she never got the chance to apologize for it. Now she lives with her Aunt and Uncle who love her dearly, but M struggles to open up because she is afraid she might hurt them too. One day after coming home from a fight in school, M was given a journal that would help her connect with those who love her. N always had good grades and was the golden child. Expected to become what his parents wanted him to be, he never really knew what he wanted. Soon he saw the world as bland with no real reason to keep on going anymore. He never made his own friends as his parents would make him befriend those who are beneficial for him. Now he writes in a journal that he has something to live for. Right? One day a new girl transfers to the school and she makes him see in color again. Struggles are hard to go through especially as a teenager. How do you grow from a parent's death? How do you connect with someone when you're afraid too? What is it to live for yourself? Can you carve your own path even when you're expected to fill another role? On the weekend people forget their worries and questions, but when Monday comes around it's time to face those struggles and sometimes we're not ready for it. But today is Monday, so are you ready?

Elyminai are rampant in Cyber City 354431. They hold no formal ties to any of the three gangs controlling the city, though they'll steal or kill for anyone for the right price. After her sister, Stellae, signed on to a CryoFuture project, testing the latest developments in prolonging human life, Sol assumed the alias Aurablade. While many Elyminai capture and sell the final breaths of their victims on the black market, Sol collects them for herself, using them to visit the underworld, where her sister's consciousness is supposed to dwell while she's in a state of suspended animation. Except after two years, Sol still has not found Stellae. Sol suspects there's more to The CryoFuture's project then they have revealed to the public. And she is determined to unmask it at all costs. Pronunciation: Elyminai: Elim-in-eye Sol: Soul Stellae: Stell-ay #ONC2024 61. Your new car just might be the doorway to the underworld, and it needs more than gas to run. ONC 2024 Shortlister Cover by @thatwomanlywoman321 Sticker by @SuVida777 Featured: @action & @sciencefiction

When Ara Davies gained admission to Charlton, the US's 2nd most luxurious high school, she thought the world was going to end for sure. She wanted to experience everything. But soon she realized that she could be getting too close to her masked enemies. And some friendships were not just to be made.

On Taladu, an alien world facing a housing crisis, a near-bankrupt real estate developer is ordered by the creditors to replace much of its staff, but the creditors impose conditions to keep the real estate developer in operation. Karine is then summoned to Taladu, believing that she would prove better as a project manager than what the real estate developer can get on their own world. She reluctantly accepts this role, hoping to return to her own world once her obligations to the real estate developer are fulfilled. #1 in insolvency (April 15, 2024)

(COMPLETE BUT UNDER HEAVY EDITING AS I ADD CHAPTERS) Ollie, a human, living a peaceful life in her tiny town with her boyfriend is unexpectedly called to action when the world lies in a dangerous predicament. While it's not her first time handling this type of danger, she will find she needs more than herself this time. Joined by a magically diverse crew, she sets off to try and stop the evil that has come forth yet again. Will she succeed or will the world and everything she love fall to ruin? FIND OUT IN The Quest by yours truly

Time heals all wounds. When you have the power to rewind it, you begin to wonder whether it's too much responsibility for one person to hold. ***** Sometimes, walking away is the scariest, yet the bravest thing one can do. Iris Fox would know; after returning to the coastal town of Emelle Bay, Oregon, and finding her life in shambles, it's hard to ignore the voice in the back of her head that beckons her to stay. Days turn into weeks, which turn into months, and Iris finds herself drawn to the heartbreaking reminders of how it all went wrong. Echoes of unfinished business and painful memories wash up, awakening the dormant power to rewind time, and Iris realizes she has a choice to make--she can either use her power to try and fix what has been stolen from her, rewriting her past, present, and future, or she can tuck the past where it belongs. Either way, there's only one conclusion. All actions have consequences. ***** Open Novella Contest -- prompts 24, 33, & 54 [[OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2024 ROUND 1 AMBASSADORS' PICK, LONGLISTER & SHORTLISTER]] © 2024 caterina george // all rights reserved

What if dreams really could come true? What if fairy tales could come true? And you will become their main character? BOOK 1: How a bird learnt to love its golden cage (Completed) BOOK 2: How a bird burnt its golden cage (On hold) BOOK 3: How a bird run away and returned home (Coming one day) Once a girl named Aislinn had a strange dream. She dreamed that at night in the forest she met a fae prince who proposed to her. And she agreed. It was just a dream after all. We do crazy things in our dreams. Except it wasn't a dream at all. However, she found this out only when she woke up in a castle in a foreign land, surrounded by strange beings. And now the game of getting back into your life begins. Trapped in the Realm of the Faes, she tries to escape and the only way to do so is to defeat her fiancé, Prince Nathaniel, in three tasks assigned to them by the regents, who may want to kill them both. And that's not all. Everything is more complicated than it seems at first glance. And she is only about to find out. _________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATED EVERY MONDAY