Expedition Stories

In a world where your mana type defines your destiny, seventeen-year-old Julio Caylen Corazon is a boy trapped by expectation. Born with potent Nature Powers, the society of the Lands has already written his future: he is a "Support Type"-destined to stay behind the front lines, healing the wounds of true heroes. But Julio isn't content with being a shadow. Defying the elders and his own lineage, he sets his sights on becoming a Warrior. His opportunity arrives when news of the Mana Crystal Rush sweeps across the ocean. On a distant, untamed continent where every mercenary and sellsword is hunting for fortune and power, Julio sees a different kind of prize. He isn't going for the gold. He isn't going for the fame. Julio is heading into the heart of the "New World" to test his vines against the Native Killers-monstrous guardians and lethal warriors who have never been defeated. In a land where only the strong survive, can a "support" boy turn his roots into a weapon and prove that nature doesn't just heal-it hunts?

- If you get us killed, Hurley, I will personally haunt you for the rest of your miserable afterlife. - Sweetheart, if we get killed, I'll be too busy buying you a drink in hell to care. Florence Thorne is a New York academic in the year of 1933, who is far more comfortable sorting dusty museum archives than dodging jungle traps. But when her obsessive scientist father vanishes into the uncharted depths of the Congo, Flora has no choice but to swap her ink-stained pens for a pair of field boots. Her rescue mission goes disastrously wrong when she is left stranded in the green wilderness. Lost, desperate, and definitely not dressed for a trek, she bumps into Jack Hurley (for her luck... Or not). Jack is a rugged, charismatic, and entirely reckless Australian outfitter with a smirk that should be classified as a hazard. He is broke, incredibly charming, and hunting down the exact same ancient, glowing relic her father is. She thinks he's a crude, reckless brute who doesn't take a single thing seriously while he thinks she's a rigid, rule-following little scholar who won't survive a week in his shoes. To survive the wilderness, criminals, saboteurs and the secrets of a hidden waterfall, this unlikely duo must work together. Can a sharp-witted nerdy girl and a reckless Aussie survive the jungle... And each other? ✨ PEEK ✨ ✦ 1930s Pulp Adventure Vibes ✦ Opposites Attract / Nerdy Girl x Reckless Guy ✦ Strong, Charismatic Australian Guy (With plenty of dry Aussie humor) ✦ Enemies-to-Lovers & Slow Burn Romance (not that slow tho ;)) ✦ Forced Proximity (Only one tree-canopy bed!) ✦ Moral Gray Villains & Dangerous Ancient Mysteries

Faryn has spent years drawing maps no scholar considers legitimate. She has no patronage from Aesis, the god of knowledge and wisdom, and none of the magic granted to those trained in his name. Only a steady hand, a stubborn eye for detail, and a lifelong conviction that there are things worth recording even when no one else thinks they matter. When Queen Solandis commissions an expedition beyond the edge of the known world, Faryn wins a place among its cartographers-alongside Kaius, the Queen's nephew and a gifted Aesian mapmaker who has every advantage she lacks. He can sense distance, direction, and the shape of the land itself. Faryn cannot. But the farther west the expedition travels, the less reliable Kaius's magic becomes, and the stranger the country grows. Rivers run where no chart places them. Roads vanish. Old boundaries refuse to hold. And somewhere in the wilderness, Faryn begins seeing her dead husband. Told through letters and journal entries, Streams Across a Wide Expanse is a fantasy of grief, friendship, discovery, and two cartographers learning that no map can ever tell the whole truth. New parts will be published weekly on Fridays.

Karma Nuru Sherpa has spent years learning to respect Everest. He knows the mountain is unpredictable. He knows the dangers hidden beneath the ice and snow. And he knows that every year she decides who will pass. This season, Karma never intended to return. Family circumstances changed his plans, bringing him back to the only world he truly knows. Waiting at Base Camp for the arrival of Horizon Peak Expeditions, Karma has no idea that this season will test everything he thought he knew about the mountain-and himself. Some mountains are climbed. Others have to be survived.

When eighteen-year-old Naomi receives an invitation to an exclusive, all-expenses-paid youth expedition, it feels like the opportunity of a lifetime. Alongside thirteen other teenagers from different walks of life, she boards a plane expecting adventure, new friendships, and memories she'll never forget. She gets exactly that. Just not in the way she expected. After a devastating crash leaves them stranded on a remote island, the survivors quickly realize that finding food and shelter is only the beginning. Strange landmarks, abandoned structures, unsettling discoveries, and secrets hidden deep within the island force them to question everything they thought they knew. As trust begins to crumble and survival becomes more difficult with each passing day, the group must decide who they can rely on-because on this island, not every mystery wants to be solved. Some journeys change your life forever. Some places never let you leave. Unknown Shores is a survival mystery filled with suspense, unforgettable characters, unexpected twists, and the fight to hold onto hope when the world you knew disappears.

Four years after Gustave persuaded her to leave the Canvas for a while and give her life and family on the outside a chance, Alicia Dessendre has become a renowned yet reclusive novelist whose stories of adventure in a faraway land have captivated readers all across Paris. Then one day, a young journalist arrives at the manor to interview her for a local newspaper. Théodore Thibault, who has secrets and a tragic past of his own. And what was intended to be a single meeting becomes much more then either of them ever expected, a creative partnership that grows over time into a close friendship that will eventually blossom into a tender romance as Alicia slowly begins to work through her grief and guilt, learns to accept herself as she is and with Théodore's help slowly takes back her life one piece at a time. In return, she shows him a whole new world, one he thought existed only in the books he adores. And through their growing love for each other, Alicia will find the courage to mend her broken wings and fly to heights far beyond anything she or anyone else ever imagined...

20 teens sent to find an island that shouldn't exist. For 300 years, Vaelthorn's black lake reflected one palace. Until it reflected two. Bianca and her team of 20 arrive at a strange island to find a perfect circular lake inside it - and floating one inch above it, Castle Draethmere. The lost mother-castle. Its banquet set for 20. Each plate carved with their names, 300 years before they were born. The forest moves. The whispers wear their voices. And the lake? It's not a lake. It's a door. Thriller x Adventure x Romance | Dark Academia Fantasy | Happy Ending Guaranteed All 20 will make it home. But not as the same people. A NOTE FROM ERFIENA 💌 Hi, my torch-bearers! Thank you for sailing to Draethmere with me. DRAETHMERE: The Lake Inside the Island is my fictional palace universe. Vaelthorn is home. Draethmere is the secret. About Beta Readers: I am currently writing the first draft, so I am NOT accepting paid beta services. If you love thriller + dark academia + slow-burn romance and want to give feedback, just comment on the chapter or message me HERE ON WATTPAD ONLY. I will never ask you to go to Instagram, Discord, or email. Please do not click any links from comments offering "publishing" or "comic art" - those are spam bots and not affiliated with me. I read every theory! Who do you think opened Draethmere's gate? With love, Erfiena Anggraeni Maliki IG: @erfie.na (for updates only) ### Wattpad PROFILE Bio: Writer of fictional palaces 🏰 | DRAETHMERE is out now - 20 teens, 1 impossible lake, 1 floating castle | Thriller x Romance x Happy Ending | I only reply on Wattpad, no paid promos | 🇮🇩

The story of a girl living and training to be a warrior on planet Earth05, one of the many planets in that galaxy. She was used to her everyday life, until something unexpected happens. The very foundation of the galaxy she calls home is in danger. Cover art is by me and the story is my original work.

This is the Realm of Frost, shrouded in dark shadows - a northern kingdom forged by magic‑born peoples scarred by centuries of suffering. As evil seeps forth from the frozen wastelands, the brutal death of a vampire lord shatters the fragile peace. Candace Carpenter, a witch cursed with necromancy; Leon Sinner, a young noble detective of little power, join forces to solve the murder and unearth the horrifying conspiracy lurking beneath it... Glory and dreams await them not. Instead, they must journey farther north, rallying the other races who once fought side‑by‑side with humankind. They will endure ever‑darker, ice‑cloaked perils, and step out into the wilderness of endless trials.

Renya has spent his whole life chasing the story everyone else calls a fairy tale - the one his older brother died believing. Six years after Rowan vanished beyond the legendary Ice Wall, Renya convinces his gap-year friend group to go find the truth for themselves. Waiting for them on the other side of the sea is Kellan - a guide who's been closer to the Wall than anyone alive, and who sought Renya out long before this trip was ever his idea. Between them: a family secret neither of them knows they share, a curse that swallowed an entire expedition, and a pendant that might be the only way back out. Some invitations aren't as innocent as they seem. And some truths cost more than the people chasing them are willing to pay.

What awaits us... Beyond uncharted waters? What awaits us... Beyond our own protected borders? In the haze; dust appear's on the horizon As the earth's heart trembles with vibration Steady; We hold our battle formation Silent; We gaze in anticipation When faced against armoured giants Of trumpeting Seleucid & Carthaginian mighty war elephants What lies beyond the protected borders of Rome's vast empire? As her legions march endlessly to all four corners of the known world.

It was Kyna Lawrence’s last day of university when she had her first encounter with the SOIE, she didn’t know what the acronym stood for when she saw it for the first time, she was too busy being chloroformed to know what was happening. But when she finds out, she is thrown into a whirlwind of Extra-terrestrial technology, murderous aliens, and even love. Please Comment if you like this story and want me to keep on writing it.

There is a witch. A dangerous woman. She controls the sand. And she is called... The SandWitch. Don't laugh. For if you do, she will find you. And there is no escaping the SandWitch. Added to the Phantasm and Sorcery reading list on the @WattpadShortStory profile! #TheSparklingAwards #SunflowerAwards2020 #TEA2020

Its just a good stpry about Belgian-Kongo. Read it cuz gurl it aint that long.

An Australian expedition discovers a mystery from the Middle Paleolithic.

You are given the task to possibly find Sandy Irvine's body and bring closure to relatives as well as the mountaineering community

Polaris Union Research Expeditions #012 - The Ember System Classified Documents