Defence Stories

What does it feel like to call every city home... yet belong nowhere? For Aadhya Chavhan, changing schools isn't an adventure anymore-it's a routine. Ten schools. Countless goodbyes. New faces. New friendships. And a heart that's slowly learning not to get attached. Born into an Army family, life has always been about transfers, cantonments, olive-green buses, and starting over. But this posting to Maharashtra feels different. Maybe it's because she's finally closer to home. Maybe it's because this school has stories waiting for her that she never saw coming. Friendships that become family. Crushes that stay unspoken. One-sided love. First love. Heartbreak. Laughter. Growing up. And memories that refuse to fade. Welcome to The Army Brats Chronicles-where every posting begins a new story, and every goodbye makes room for another hello.

An organization filled with selective intelligent teenagers has taken on an obscure mission. Thinking it's just regular business but, what if it's something more than that? Have they blindly walked into a mission jeopardizing their lives? 16-year-old Harley Rogue and her team have caught themselves in a unique situation. A mission they've never dealt with before. While diving deeper into this case, could they have gone too far? Filled with eerie plot twists and each page marked with a nail-biting end; bound to keep you on edge. [Word count: 1433] 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 to play the music 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 after the flashback, as you enjoy the film experience! (I thought It suited the prompt; you don't have to listen to it.) [Ranked first in Shawrocketprize on April 11, 2020]

There's always something that bring people together: common interests, common enemies. There's also a bijillion things that tear people apart: disagreements, just deciding on the spot that "you do not like this person". Now, in my town, things are pretty simple. Sure we take a few swings at each other once in a blue moon but overall, we get along just fine. And who was it that created this tight-knit community? That, my dear would be Lumps. He couldn't really be described as an enemy (though we all thought him so) as he hadn't ever done anything wrong. However; there were no friendly feelings from anyone in town towards him, adults included. They found him a nuisance; their children walking an extra block just to avoid him on the way home and such. You know, things parents often dislike. And so, though no one liked him there, there he stayed: halfway down Pumperdig Street, lying in the front yard of the old abandoned house, tomb protruding from the mud he'd been swallowed in. Lumps.

A new enemy emerges and Gareth once again has to go on a quest to find the Ultimanium gems and face foes old and new to obtain them.

Airlia is a Ravenclaw. Bel is a Slytherin. Draco is the Slytherin Prince, with a bad boy look and a reputation to match. But is his rep really fair? It could get him into trouble one day. With both girls liking one guy, who will get him? And who's going to get hurt on the way?

A relatively large tribe north of the mysterious river Thames seems to be thriving under the leadership of their druids and the chief. After news of a far off superpower threatening their lands are they ready to possibly sacrifice their young warriors for freedom?

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Caitlin ran out of school one day with a boy named Oliver. She wasn't dreaming. Turns out that she had lost her memory, and there is something threatening to kill her if she does try to remember. Cate needs to make the choice between her care free normal life; or an exhilarating and dangerous magical world. Cover By @AddieHigenell