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- Short Story - Life in high school always seems to stay the same, each day following the next. Same terrible lunch food. Same boring lectures. Same overwhelming loads of homework. Except what if it wasn't? 16-year-old Jada Williamson lives the average life of any teenager, already far on the path that had been laid out in front of everyone before they were even born. The path of school, to job, to family, to end of life. But for her, the world doesn't seem to want to work that way. Instead, it seems more intent on completely changing her in a way that would monumentally transform everything she's ever thought could be possible. Because the world doesn't always seem to like working the way people think it should. (Short story)

When you've been playing online games as long as Devon has -- you do a lot of killing. It's what you expect. What you don't expect is for one of the creatures you've been killing to suddenly beg for its life! And when you learn that some myths thought to have disappeared from the world centuries ago haven't disappeared at all - but just found new homes - well then things get really interesting! Originally entered into the #OnceUponNow contest, I've now entered the story into the #Wattys2016 writing contest. I Hope you enjoy reading the story, and comments and critiques (and even votes :)) are always welcome. Thanks for reading, and enjoy!

The Enchanted Central Forest calls out to her, and she can sense it. It's not against the law to go there, but humans have been taught to fear magic. Yet, Sadie Garcia is not a normal New Yorker or human. She can't help it if she feels the urge to explore the wonders of magic. On an ordinary day Sadie and her best friend, Giana visit the forest. Unknowingly on that day, their fates will forever change. For they learn the truth of their family linage, and who they truly are. Now they must embark on a journey that can determine the fate of the magical realm. Sadie and her friends only have a week to learn the ways of magic, and save the life of the future king of the realm. Sadie is determined not to fail, but can she defeat the evil that has cursed the future king for years? Can she be the sorceress she is destine to be? Thank you to all who voted and read this story during the Wattpad Target competition.

A modern take on the classic tale "Ugly Duckling". A young girl is dropped off at an orphanage after her mother simply doesn't want her anymore. This girl goes through her life constantly being put down. Everyone tells her she isn't worth it, and she starts to feel that way. With a love of nature and animals this girl starts to grow and mature. Many trials and challenges put her through hard times in her life. Will she always be the ugly duckling? Or will she one day grow into a beautiful swan.

When three young kids are on a camping trip, they come across an Indian Burial Ground, with statues, and a large cave. One accident turns into a mission of survival.

Elvira, also known as Evie, aspires to be in fashion design. When she was younger her grandfather taught her to love making shoes. Now that she's older, she still loves it and when the opportunity to help her close friends comes up, she takes it. **Based on "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by the Grimm Brothers**

A young spoiled Princess seems to find everything funny. She loved and lived for practical jokes, especially when she was behind them. On her fifteen birthday, she happened to pull a joke on the wrong person, then her life totally changed. copywrite@mariapagan

Penelope "Poppy" Icarius fell in love at the curious age of 5. Poppy never questioned her love for the lively, freckled boy down the street, not even after he moved away, leaving Poppy alone in their make-believe world. Now, age 25, Poppy faces a turning point in her high-profile fashion career. Faced with a major career decision, her sister's impending and ridiculously over-the-top wedding, and a slew of hilariously bad dates with New York's most eligible, Poppy must come to terms with the realities of the life she's living and the secrets she's keeping--even from herself. This modern-day retelling of Penelope's story from The Odyssey explores the bittersweet intersection of change and certainty, and the challenge of defining yourself in the face of uncertainty, reminding us that becoming ourselves is sometimes the greatest--and most difficult--adventure that we can choose to wander through. *Thanks so much for checking out my #onceuponnow entry! If you like it, you can vote on the first chapter starting June 14th. At any rate, I'm humbled you'd check this out and I always welcome feedback! Stay excellent <3* Cover created using materials with creative commons licensing. Boat image, entitled "Boat," from flickr user geopungo.

Autumn has just turned fourteen, fantastic. One less year to wait until she's out of the foster system. But, surprisingly her birth father shows up rescuing her from her bad situation and whisks her away to his home in Hawaii. It's a tropical paradise. White sand, flowers of every color and clear blue water. While exploring her new home she falls into a hole that turns out to be a cave. She only remembers hitting her head and singing. But what does it mean?

Fallen stars never stay on earth. Such is the case of sixteen-year-old Carmen Esmaier, citizen of planet Terra and daughter of two of its most revered heroes. Shielded by her vigilante of an aunt since her parents' deaths, Carmen doesn't dare mention her dream of following in their footsteps and joining the army. But that all changes when a team of scouts arrives at the colony to host a contest, the prize being a coveted position in the army. For Carmen, that doesn't just mean soldiership and escape from her aunt, but a chance to work with Casper Conduir, her childhood hero...and perhaps something more than that. It doesn't matter that she'll have to navigate a jungle of carnivorous trees and the discrimination of half the colony just to get to the contest. It doesn't matter that she arrives an hour late, nor that she has no weapon. After all, she just needs to fight for her happily ever after, and it'll come...right? #MayJustWriteIt #ProjectWomanUp Cover by @Homely8

*When a child reads their first fairytale, they dream of being a princess or a hero. They dream of living in a castle and having a Happily Ever After. That one fairytale becomes what we base our dreams on. Whether it's going from rags to riches or waking with a kiss, it becomes a part of who we are. For me, those fairytales are the reminder of something I will never have. Happiness.* Carson has always been on her own. Ever since she can remember, she has been in and out of foster homes and constantly unwanted. She has no idea where she comes from or who her parents are... all she knows is that she's alone in this world and that's never going to change. What happens when one night... her life is changed forever? ***********************

Earth have different portals that led you to different worlds, Tomas always loves to read books that contain magical stories. He never thought, that one of the stories he read as a child will actually become reality. In a different way and different time.

ARISTA DOES NOT like monsters or dragons, but sometimes to slay a monster, you have to embrace your inner monster. In this modern day retelling of A Thousand and One Nights, sometimes, you just have to survive one night in order to survive a thousand more. ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ [#574SS]

-Top 25 Finalist- Our parents always warned us about talking to strangers on the internet but did they ever warn us about frogs? Highest ranking: #440 in Short Story (c) Copyright 2016 by Littleninjamari

A helicopter ancient changes a young girl's life forever. Things that she once didn't believe in suddenly became much clearer.

When do you say no? Is it when you need too, or is it way before? Can you say no to temptation, or death? Can you defeat death? Can death defeat death? All likely hood of death fighting death is slim, and so are the possibility of Gods and their affairs. When Gods meddle in each other's lives, plans to murder each other are struck- no matter how loved the God may be. All is fair in love and war, isn't that what they say? But love and war have never been fair- in the slightest.

Evanth DeRoss. Beautiful. Rich. But money cannot control life. Even when you most want it to. When she falls ill, Evanth knows her time is up, and she's made peace with it. Especially with the auburn haired, green eyed, young man who seems to appear like magic. Maybe he is. Or maybe she's just crazy.

Have you ever seen your world suddenly turn upside down? Things that seem impossible have a chance of possibility, and stories come alive? Things in our world that is odd suddenly become the most normal thing on the planet? Oh, it's happened to me, alright. My name is Julianna Owens. I've experienced questions that I wouldn't ever ponder come to life. Even the things I imagined when I was little could never compare to them. How did this happen? It all started when my grandma moved in.

In the heart of Castle Aanca, the museum of Fables and future sciences, stories become a lot more lively. Prince Alfil, the leading hero in his Fable, is one of the most popular exhibits in the museum being the spitting image of every little girl's dream prince...if he could manage to stay in the same room with one for more than five seconds. With pressure of being shut down by a major laboratory when they come with an experiment of their own, the director of museum hastily introduces the new additions. However, when mysterious incidents begin affecting the other Fables, Alfil brings it upon his self to find the truth. But with a fear that makes it impossible to interact with his fellow Fables, let alone fans, can Alfil save his home--or be ERASED forever? Cover image from: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ee/87/66/ee8766ec40f95514e0dca98ed4b46771.jpg

A young princess refuses to follow her father wishes. She runs away, then stores away on the first cargo ship she saw. The young princess life changes indefinitely. Her father the kings must then find his daughter. children story and adult poetry and songs