Growth Stories

Roland arrived in the world of Cyberpunk in 2066 - and awakened the PROJECT System. From that moment on, another giant began to quietly rise within the neon sprawl of Night City. Years later, Roland sat by the window, a small mechanical spider with a mantis-shaped head resting in his palm, a pet lizard curled in his arms. The world outside was still dazzling, the city still alive - yet somewhere along the way, something had quietly shifted. During an interview, when someone brought up the Arasaka Corporation, they casually asked: "Arasaka Tower? There's no such building in Night City - at least, not below..." The man slowly lifted his head, his eyes reflecting the city skyline - and behind him, a massive inverted triangle blazed with the blinding white PROJECT logo. (CYBERPUNK x LEAGUE OF LEGENDS)

a decade in poetry; The lives that we live in each moment, each year, each decade. Divided into sections, this collection of poems are confessional and reflective as the speaker weaves through the first decade of adulthood. She learns that everything is clear, in retrospect. SECTION 1: THE RISE -- purity, naivety, unabashed love. SECTION 2: THE FALL -- learning the hard truth SECTION 3: IMPACT -- the injury from the fall SECTION 4: STAGNATE -- loneliness, depression, stuck in the mud SECTION 5: RELEASE -- acceptance SECTION 6: THE RISE: PART TWO -- love in it's truest form

[sequel to RWBY: The Ace in the hole] Beacon has fallen and tensions are high between the kingdoms of Remnant. Rusty Calavera seeks vengeance on Adam Taurus and hopes to recover what was stolen from him, taking him to the far off island of Menagerie....... [Volumes 4-6] "There is no love without sin. Love is best measured in what we forgive." - Nightcrawler.

Elliot hasn't stepped outside his apartment in two years. Once a gentle, bright-eyed introvert, he now lives in a quiet, carefully controlled world after the sudden loss of his parents shattered everything he understood about safety. His only anchor is Noah, the best friend who refuses to give up on him. Then Valentina "Val" crashes into his life. Literally. Loud, messy, heartbreakingly ambitious, and utterly out of place in the luxury building she's just inherited a unit in, Val is everything Elliot can't handle. Especially when she turns her apartment into a nightly party spot for the star she's determined to become. Her father - her only family and fiercest supporter - is gone, and this dream is all she has left. They clash from the very first night. Elliot hates noise. Val lives in it. Val hates the cold shoulders in the building. Elliot becomes the coldest one of all. But frustration turns into reluctant curiosity. Curiosity becomes an uneasy truce. And somewhere between shared walls, late-night conversations, and the unexpected comfort of being seen, they start to shift. Val pushes Elliot to step outside the prison of his fear. Elliot steadies Val when her confidence cracks under the weight of her dreams. They challenge each other. They soften each other. They change each other. And maybe, if they're brave enough, they might become exactly what the other has needed all along. A story of grief, healing, found family, and the slow, breathtaking unraveling of two people who never expected to collide... but who just might save each other.

"They were torn apart by fate, faced events they never imagined, and carried wounds they thought would never heal. Yet even in the silence of their struggles, there was someone who truly understood them. And in the quietest way, destiny found a way to bring them back together."

Sometimes it only takes a few sentences to understand a person. Sometimes it only takes a few sentences to put you in the shoes of someone else. In these short stories, there's hundreds of inferences one could make and there's no right or wrong. It's all in how you interpret it. This is a collection of my short stories I randomly write whenever I feel like it. Enjoy the few seconds of being in another world, of being a different person. *Note: Not based in reality, is fictional.

When fate reunites a widow, still carrying the weight of her past, with a neighbor who once became her lifeline, on this day when he kneels at his wife's grave, you vow to help him the way he helped you. A story of two widows that fall in love with each other while recovering from the moments that made them The Widows.

Title: Beyond the Mirror: The Silvering of the Soul Genre: Philosophy / Spiritual / Non-Fiction (or Psychology) Tagline: The truth isn't what you see; it's what makes the reflection possible. Blurb: We are taught that "seeing is believing," but our eyes are the greatest liars we own. Every truth we encounter comes in two forms: The Wrapped Fact and The Raw Sense. We spend our lives staring at the "Front"-the reflection tied with a pretty ribbon of pride, fear, or ego. We judge, we react, and we build our world based on these gift-wrapped illusions. But what happens when the mirror is ripped from the wall? When the glass shatters and the ribbons snap, we are left with the Reality Shock. Beyond the polished image lies the "Silvering"-the gray, unpolished raw sense of history, religion, and the human mind. Beyond the Mirror is a journey through the "why" behind the "what." From the survival mechanisms of our brains to the sacred ribbons of religious history, this book challenges you to stop mourning the broken reflection and start studying the wall. It's time to look deeper. It's time to see what's behind the glass.

[Pokémon · Power Fantasy · System · Transmigrator · Multiverse Crossover] Ding-Newcomer Gift Pack activated. You have obtained the Minato Namikaze Package: Rasengan · Shadow Clones · Flying Thunder God · Sage Mode. After dying unexpectedly, Aaron is reborn in a Pokémon world and awakens a System that grants abilities from other universes-Naruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail, and more. Starting with Greninja and expanding his team along the way, his Pokémon gain powers that should not exist, pushing battles beyond evolution, biology, and common sense. A system-blessed trainer is rising- and the Pokémon world will never be the same again.

Imani sleeps peacefully in my arms, curls spilling over her shoulders, lips soft, and chest rising gently. I hold her close, wishing I could freeze this moment forever. The apartment is quiet and dark, but with her here, it feels warm. I kiss her forehead, and she nuzzles into my neck, unaware of the world outside this little bubble of us. DESCRIPTION Pieces of You is about a girl learning how to live with the parts of herself that were broken by the past and what happens when the person tied to those memories suddenly comes back into her life. It follows Imani as she moves through everyday life, her job, her friendships, school, while still carrying the weight of something that changed her years ago. When Isaac reappears, someone who knew her before everything fell apart, old feelings resurface and so do unanswered questions.

A book of fragments-of love, loss, resentment, healing, and the fragile pieces in between. These pages don't promise answers. They simply promise that you're not alone in your chaos.

Connect. Relate. Enjoy. Respect. These are the terms. Do you accept? Special thanks to: All the headaches and heartbreak. Every bartender and handshake.

These are letters to myself-moments I carried quietly, thoughts I rarely shared. From regrets to hurts, betrayal to loneliness, I am learning to name what I felt, to let it out, and to find a path forward. Raw, honest, and personal, these chapters are my journey through pain, reflection, and the hope for healing.

A game that was meant to be innocent... but what if it was never just a game? Meredit never planned to spend time with Chriss. But everything changes because of a bet with simple rules: no feelings, no complications. Will she end up spending Friday nights with him? And will Chriss even play by the rules? Yet her thoughts keep drifting back to Liam... the one she should give a chance. He could give her what she wants. What she's looking for. Is he the one she could love freely? Meanwhile, her past begins to resurface... the fear that has always held her back, the painful memory that haunts her dreams. Everything she thought she had under control is slipping through her fingers, and maybe losing control is the only way to finally discover what she truly wants... This is an English translation of an original Slovak story, shared with permission of the author @ValeryMystic15. The original version was published in Slovak under a different title (Incomplete). This version is shared temporarily for testing purposes.

I'm writing this for the future me. The one who might open this book someday and smile. The one who might laugh and say, "yaar, I was so silly." This book holds the fun moments. The random thoughts. The memories with friends that didn't seem important then, but somehow stayed. I'm a carefree girl. I notice the tiniest things, choti choti baatein, and somehow ignore the big ones that I know might matter later. That's just how I am. These pages are my point of view. How I saw the world. How things felt to me in that moment, waise hi jaise lage. This isn't meant to be serious or perfect. It's just me, being me, written down. Bas.

[ROUGH DRAFT] Wren has always chased treasure, not gods or glory, just enough gold to keep the past buried. But when an amnesiac god crosses his path, everything changes. Wren finds himself caught in a dangerous bond he neither trusts nor understands. Shadows of grief, memory, and prophecy follow their every step. And in the brewing war between islanders and mainlanders, Wren begins to question whether the greatest threat is not the gods above, but the humans who walk beside him. An epic of longing, power, and the weight of inheritance, Great Spirits is a queer fantasy that asks what we owe the past and what we might become if we dare to remember it. _______________________________________ @Aphrodite270 for the beautiful cover design!

Finn finally graduates high school, only to be violently thrown into the depths of adulthood. With no support system to help him navigate the world, his autism becomes a towering obstacle in every daily endeavor. Finding a job was hard enough; finding any real comfort in this new life proves even harder. He clings to fragments of his old routine, burying himself in books--as always--to shield himself from the anxiety of independence. However--for the first time--he finds someone who draws him into the real world, fighting against his deep-seated urge to disappear from it. Despite it being new and intimidating, he allows his own curiosity to pull him in further. After years of longing to be 'normal' and self-induced isolation, he pushes himself to reach out. ----------------------------------------------------- Draft, but will be finished. Hoping to edit, revise, and self publish when completed :) any feedback helps

Samantha Bryant , a calm, gentle and diligent doctor, has always lived a life of purpose. Loved and supported by her adopted parents, she completed her medical studies in Beijing with her closest friends, Steve and Theressa before returning home to work at the same hospital. Her life of routines and focused is disrupted when Nicholas Wilson, a mysterious and reserved man, enters her world under unexpected circumstances. Calm, quiet, and determined, Nicholas hides a dangerous side behind his composed exterior, while Samantha's steady professionalism masked the stirrings of emotions she didn't fully understand. Meanwhile, the friendship triangle with Steve and Theressa continues to complicate matters, as hidden feelings, jealousy and rivalry threaten the bond Samantha has cherished for years. Amid ambitions, loyalty and unspoken desires, Samantha and Nicholas find their lives intertwined by a story of love, fate,and the choices that can change everything .

He was a Malfoy, feared and hated... but no one ever saw the boy he could have become. He survived the war. He survived the name. But can he survive himself? Draco Malfoy returns to a world that has moved on, only to find that freedom is more complicated than he imagined. Haunted by the past, isolated in the present, and unsure of the future, he must decide who he is.... and who he wants to become. A quiet journey, a subtle redemption and the story of a boy who learns that growth is never easy, but always necessary.

They say that everything happens for a reason. Azaria " Nonnie" Brown was no stranger to the hard side of life and love. She has loved and lost, suffered and endured. Left with nothing to hope for, but that all changes when she meets, Mali. Malaki" Mali" Clark was your " typical" black stereotype. Born and raised in the streets that he got lost in. He learned the hard way that you can't be soft. Until he met the one person that changed his whole perspective, Nonnie. ~ This is your typical urban love story about young love, growth, taking chances, and believing that life is too short to not live it fully. Give it a chance and it will have you smiling to yourself wishing that was you.