Folklore Stories

After dying in a classroom accident, Maximina Santillan an elementary teacher awakens in a dark majestic kingdom hidden deep within a gothic forest. Right before passing out, she wished for a life "that she can fly away" and never have to worry about loans and money. To her shock, literally she has been reincarnated as Princess Wakana,the last heir of the feared Wakwak Kingdom - a race of shape shifters rumored to devour humans. Prince Mandayan a fierce warrior of human kingdom who was cursed by a jealous diwata to never sleep.He can only wander the forests under the moonlight, immune to mortal weapons but completely isolated from his people. A cursed prince who must strike a dangerous alliance with princess Wakana, who wears the skin of a monster, but just simply think about taking a nap, a coffee and a diet, but hold the key to his salvation.

She fell in love when she least expected it and got pregnant even faster. Still healing from a devastating loss, she makes a choice rooted in fear and love: she keeps her baby a secret. With Travis by her side, she builds a quiet, private life where their child is safe from everything that could hurt them. For a while, it works. But love wasn't meant to be hidden. And as the years pass, the life they've built begins to crack because while she's trying to protect their child from the world, he's trying to give them one.

03.28.23 "stop, you're losing me" BRITTA ALWYN had seen the signs. She noticed how her dad rarely talked to his girlfriend anymore. She'd seen the tabloids of him saying he wanted to go to her shows, but it had never been on his calendar. Yet, on the evening of March 28, 2023, her dad went out to dinner with his girlfriend and came back empty-handed. No leftovers from Britta's favorite upscale Italian place in New York, no sweet nothings or well-wishes from her dad's girlfriend, and no girlfriend to spend the night. And it broke Britta more than she'd like to admit; it completely shattered her. 07.07.23 "can i go where you go?" ESTELLE KELCE was alone for the first time in her life. After the sudden passing of her mother, Margaret--the woman who'd raised Stella as a single mother for her whole life, Stella was sent to live with her football player father, who didn't know the first thing about raising a teenage girl. She had no company other than pity, no future events to anticipate-other than anniversaries of the mother she'd lost-until her father came to her one day, with a surprise trip, a friendship bracelet, and a dream.

"𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫..." The youngest Kelce sibling was drowning in a world of hurt nobody seemed to notice. She'd hidden everything under the guise of nonchalance, but all it took was one curious blonde to see through the mask for all of that to begin to unravel... Set post Era's Tour, not following a strict to real life timeline.

ආත්ම ගාණකට පස්සේ මාව ආයෙම මනුස්සයෙක් කළේ උඹගෙ ඔය ආදරේ...

Love Out Loud Reading Event 🌈 *** When a historian's obsession with a nineteenth century diary drives him to investigate the mysterious 'Fire King,' the truth turns his life upside down ... and leads him to fall for the one person he knows he can't have. ***** After Ryan McCoy's best friend shows him a two-hundred-year-old diary that was found in her house during a refurbishment, he becomes preoccupied with its contents. His love of history ignites his curiosity about a series of suspicious and implausible events described in the aged manuscript, including a possible homophobic arson attack on a local property. But how much is fact and how much is fiction? Can he unravel the secrets of the book and uncover the truth that has been locked between its pages for two hundred years? Author's Note: I am aware that the language spoken in Ireland two hundred years ago has variations to that spoken in modern times. However, I'm also aware that Wattpad is culturally diverse, and for many readers, English is not their first language. Many people may not be familiar with archaic Irish dialect, which may detract from the enjoyment of the story. Therefore, in an effort to make this story comprehensible to everyone, I have prioritised reader accessibility over historical accuracy with regard to any language that might otherwise be seen as dated. Trigger Warning: This book contains details of a homophobic arson attack. It also contains details of the aftermath of such an event, including the exploration of themes such as PTSD and trauma responses. Those who are sensitive to these topics may like to be aware of this content before reading. Highest Rankings: #1 in gayscifi #1 in freethelgbt #1 in gaylovestories #1 in gaylovestory #13 in scifi-romance #13 in wattpride #17 in irish #18 in fatedlove #19 in ireland #27 in folklore #34 in boyxboyromance #48 in historicalromance #75 in malexmale

"One night was all it was supposed to be. A distraction. A way to feel alive again. I didn't expect the consequence to last a lifetime." It's 2025, and Taylor Swift is at her breaking point. The Eras Tour is over, the lights have dimmed, and she's spent weeks bed-rotting in her New York penthouse-single, miserable, and drowning in the silence of her own success. When best friends Selena Gomez and Sabrina Carpenter finally drag her out of her dark room and into the glittering chaos of a high-profile Manhattan party, Taylor has one goal: get through the night without a mental breakdown. She didn't plan on meeting him. Travis Kelce is loud, confident, and exactly the kind of distraction Taylor doesn't think she wants. When he approaches her, she's cold. She's uninterested. She's Taylor fucking Swift, and she's had enough of men. But Travis isn't like the others. He's persistent, he's supportive, and he's got a fire that matches her own. Fueled by tequila and a desperate need to feel something, Taylor makes a move that will change everything. One frantic, unprotected night in a luxury hotel suite was supposed to be a secret she'd leave behind in the morning light. But as Taylor flees the hotel at dawn, she has no idea that the one-night thing didn't stay in the room. Now, the world's biggest star is facing her biggest secret yet: She's pregnant. Contains: • Accidental Pregnancy Trope • One Night Stand to Lovers • Major Drama & Heartbreak • Explicit Language & Content "They say everything happens for a reason... but I don't think anyone saw this coming."

Taylor was fresh out of a relationship and desperate for love. Travis was newly suspended for drug use, reckless enough to treat life like a joke, and charming enough to get away with it. The two of them fell into a situationship built on bad decisions and worse timing. Seven weeks later, she was crying over a positive pregnancy test. Terrified of becoming the kind of parents they grew up with, they convinced themselves love could be built through commitment. Marriage followed quickly - along with years of cheating, screaming matches, resentment, and two people growing up in opposite directions while desperately trying not to fall apart. Somehow, they stay and by the time they finally learn how to love each other without destroying everything around them. But it's too late. Their son has already inherited the worst parts of both of them. At fifteen, he's arrogant, impulsive, and developing the same reputation his parents once had. Then he meets Vianne. And Vianne? She's not any better.

Eighteen year old Lilibet lives in a remote mountain mining town where death is common, poverty is constant, and the woods are older than the settlement carved into their edges. The men of the valley spill blood into the soil daily-through mining accidents, brawls, and battles-and the town whispers that dying men always scream for their mothers. Lilibet knows the truth: it is not their human mothers they call for, but the Devouring Mothers, ancient entities beneath the roots who drink spilled blood and claim the dying. Lilibet's life is defined by servitude. Her father and brother rely on her labor while dismissing her intelligence, strength, and independence. The woods are her only refuge, a place where she feels watched but not threatened, and where she senses a pull she cannot explain. Her only softness comes from Hutch, a kind young man who sees her as more than a burden-but even his affection feels like another cage. After a tense dinner where her father reveals he intends to marry her off to the Johnson family, Lilibet breaks. Feeling betrayed and trapped, she flees into the night and crosses the glen she has always respected but never fully entered. As a violent wind rises and the earth seems to breathe beneath her, she experiences a terrifying, surreal moment: she claws at her own throat, feels her blood spill into the soil, and screams "Mother!" before collapsing. She believes she is dying. Instead, she awakens at dawn, uninjured but transformed. Her senses are sharpened, her movements fluid and unnatural, her hair alive with motion. A small orb weaver spider-one she had saved earlier-appears in her palm and behaves impossibly, as though recognizing her. The forest around her shifts, revealing faces and limbs rising from the soil, beckoning her with hunger and welcome. Overcome by an instinct she cannot resist, she consumes the spider, completing a ritual she does not yet understand. Hutch finds her at sunrise, shaken and confused. He insists she was not in

Four hundred years after a mortal woman cursed the Tuatha King, the human world still pays the price. Each year, one daughter is chosen by lottery - a sacrifice to appease the bound gods of the forest. This year, the name drawn is Clíodhna. She is meant to walk quietly into death, veiled and drugged, guided by the sacred hound. Instead, she runs - untrained, wearing her father's clothes, knife trembling in her hand - into the forest that swallowed generations before her. There, she meets Ailín, the King's son, sent to retrieve the sacrifice. But when he sees her, something ancient stirs - a bond that defies the curse itself. Together they journey into Ardaíthe, the realm of the Tuatha, where truth and myth blur, and love may be the most dangerous rebellion of all. A tale of sacrifice, survival, and forbidden love, where one girl's defiance could unravel a curse older than gods.

The twin sisters Folklore and Evermore Coney begin life already divided by tragedy. On July 24, 2006, Folklore is born extremely premature at only twenty-four weeks and spends months fighting for her life in the NICU. Her twin sister, Evermore, remains in the womb until full term and is born healthy on December 11, 2006. Although Evermore is healthy, the trauma of nearly losing Folklore permanently changes their parents, Marisa and Dan Coney. Folklore becomes the family's "miracle baby," constantly protected, celebrated, and adored. Evermore grows up in her shadow, receiving less attention, fewer gifts, and little emotional affection. As children, the sisters develop very differently. Folklore is sweet, social, and loved at school, quickly building a close friend group. Evermore, meanwhile, is quiet, sensitive, and lonely. Other children see her as strange because of rumors and the way her own family treats her. Her only true friends become Midnights, a kind and deeply loyal girl, and eventually Willow, a stray cat Evermore rescues and keeps hidden in her room for comfort. Despite the imbalance between them, Folklore is not cruel. She genuinely loves Evermore, but she grows addicted to the love and attention she receives. Again and again, she stays silent when Evermore is hurt because speaking up might threaten her own place in the family and at school. As the years pass, Evermore suffers increasingly painful neglect. But will their parents' actions change their relationship?

The sea smells of salt and freedom. In Port Royal, the voices never stop-captains boasting, sailors drinking, old men whispering legends of sirens who can speak any language. But few fail to mention the most important thing: that fear and faith live in the same heart. And sometimes, to see the truth, you have to step overboard-literally. A magical story about two people who found each other against all odds. And about how true treasures don't lie at the bottom. ～～～ ✦ ～～～ Mr. Skidder Sr., Captain of the Lucky Phantom and some of his crew were elite officers of the Continental Navy (of the Thirteen Colonies), but were exiled for refusing to carry out a brutal, corrupt order. They retained their weapons and sea seamanship, but in the eyes of the Crown they became 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. ✦ Matthew Skidder, the Captain's son, was a boy when his father was exiled. He grew up on a ship of "outcasts," where he always heard about freedom and how the true oath is an oath to humanity, not to a king. "The Crown calls us pirates because we refuse to soil our hands with their filth. Call us what you will-we still obey the oath you long ago forgot." Their ship doesn't fly the Jolly Roger, the deck is always clean and tidy, unlike the chaos and drunkenness on the ships of real pirates. ─── ✧ ─── #TTOTT #fantasy_romance • #sea_aesthetic • #forbidden_love P.s. english is not my first language, yet I'm trying my best to make this story magical and real in minds and hearts ✧⁠◝⁠(⁠⁰⁠▿⁠⁰⁠)⁠◜⁠✧

Adrikshya leaves home with a notebook full of empty pages and a simple goal-to collect stories from different places. But the farther she travels, the stranger those stories become. Every town she visits seems to be carrying a burden. Every community is hiding an old wound. And every time hope appears lost, something unexpected changes the course of events. Coincidences become difficult to ignore. Questions begin to follow her from one place to the next. The more she writes, the more she realizes that some stories cannot be explained. Only witnessed. With every page she fills, Adrikshya finds herself drawn deeper into a journey of faith, mystery, and the unseen threads that connect people across different places and beliefs. Some stories are forgotten. Some stories become legends. And some stories are only the beginning. "Not every journey leads to answers. Some journeys lead to stories."

Chen Zhen Zhen is a wealthy, bratty middle schooler with a flair for dramatic entrances and designer tantrums. But when a nerdy "exchange student" from Seoul, Oh Yong Hwa, suddenly appears-and slyly sells her a mysterious train ticket-her life takes a sharp turn into the bizarre. Turns out, Yong Hwa isn't just a four-eyed transfer student. He's a secret K-pop idol of 젠지포 in disguise, hiding behind his awkward braces and bashful smile-all while secretly crushing on Zhen Zhen. Then there's Zhang Wen Yan, her dangerously flirty bodyguard. Equal parts tease and deadly weapon, he calls her "princess" with a wink and would absolutely take down an entire army if someone dared to ruffle her hair. And let's not forget Alviss Lucero Reyes-the cold, sarcastic yāo guài teacher assigned to train her in demon arts. Rumored to be dead inside. Confirmed to play the world's most tragic violin solos. 🍀 Romance, horror, mystery, and mayhem-all wrapped in one ghost train ride from 13th Hour Realm. Languages spoken: English. Malay. Mandarin. Cantonese. Korean. Japanese. French. German. Latin. Hebrew. Tagalog. (Yes, seriously. 11 languages. But not include slang and accent. Good luck.) 🐾 This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and worlds are the original creation of the author. Please do not copy, repost, or adapt without permission. 🍒 Sequel: Yāo Guài School Vol 2 🍰 AU Version: Yao Guai School AU 💌 Sadly, this story is delayed since this is only the first draft. The official version is still being written.

They were supposed to be casual. Sneaking through back entrances. Late-night phone calls after games and rehearsals. Weekends in Kansas City nobody could know about. That was the deal. No labels. No pressure. No headlines. But in early September 2023, only weeks after they started dating, Taylor Swift finds herself alone in Travis Kelce's bathroom in Kansas City staring at two pink lines while he sleeps down the hall completely unaware their lives just changed forever. The world still doesn't even know they're together. Now suddenly there are secrets too big to keep. An NFL season about to begin. The Eras Tour waiting for her return. A relationship so new it still feels delicate in their hands. And a baby neither of them expected. Behind closed doors, feelings deepen faster than either of them are ready for while outside, rumors spread and cameras creep closer every day. Because falling in love secretly is hard enough. Trying to build a future before the world finds out? That might break them first.

A cynical mercenary is hired to hunt down a warlord's runaway son. But when he finds the boy waiting calmly in a cursed forest for the Erlking, he realizes the monster isn't the one they should be running from.

Buyong Matanayon, known as "The Last Sundang," is an aging, legendary master swordsman. Though he is an old man, he remains a formidable warrior, famous throughout the islands and once undefeated in single combat in his youth. Matanayon has fought the monstrous Aswangs his entire life and continues to fight the shapeshifting monsters even as an old man. He also faces even darker creatures like the Tayawran. He is driven by the knowledge that monsters always return and that legends need successors.

A fairy-tale-esque short story, which deliberately adopts folklore-like writing, using personified cosmic forces to explore love as mutual illumination rather than possession. No placement, but this tale has gotten a 95/100 in the Triquetra Awards Short Story category!