Central Stories

❝Ophelia, you've been on my mind since the flood❞

Laura Williams was Barry Allen and Iris West's childhood best friend. When her parents died when she was 17 Joe tried to adopt her but she was sent to live with her uncle in Gotham. Now eight years later she's coming back to Central City just before the particle accelerator turns on. She is in a car crash when it explodes. The biggest problem? No one but her uncaring uncle knows she's in Central City. Laura spends 10 months in a coma and when she wakes she finds she has magnificent powers and there is a superhero speeding around the city. How does Laura react to her newfound abilities? What do Barry and Iris think of their friend returning after so many years? Read on to find out!

Seventeen year old Anna Henry is trying to figure out who she is and what kind of girl she's like. But with trials popping up everywhere: her big brother, Jason's, best friend paying more attention to Anna than usual; her best friend disappearing and not contacting Anna for months; confusing feelings for her arrogant and annoying math tutor, Bentley; and let's not forget about her new step-mom trying to become Anna's new best friend. Anna wonders if she'll ever get past this time in her life without going crazy in the process.

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Amaya lost everything in a speedster-fueled disaster-her family, her home, her future. What came back from the fire wasn't a hero. It was something unstable, furious, and burning from the inside out. Now she's on the run, leaving scorched corpses and questions in her wake. Every fight she wins is another day she doesn't lose herself completely. Every death feels like survival. The Flash thinks he can stop her. But Amaya isn't a villain. She's a consequence. The closer he gets, the more he burns.