Onceuponnowcontest Stories

#OnceUponNow Cindy was a girl who worked hard and got little recognition. When faced with an amazing opportunity in the modeling industry, she is shut down because she simply didn't fit the stereotypical criteria. However as all good tales do, Cindy's story has a twist and it wasn't because of a Fairy Godmother or a glass slipper. It was because of the purity of her heart and the little ray of hope that was provided from a boy named Jaxon.

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.

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

A young couple decides to protect a small boy has somehow has been lost. There are things about the small boy, that ain't from this world, or is it?

-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

Robin is just like any other teenage girl. She loves to run, hang with her friends, and is obsessed with her cell phone. Oh, and she's known by her city as The Hood, the mysterious figure that takes down those that are corrupt and wealthy with the help of her merry men - her three computer genius friends that are expert hackers. Her current target? Richard Sherwood, CEO of Sherwood Innovations. He has a net worth of multiple billions (exact amount unknown) and has been grooming his son to be the heir to his empire. Oh, and he happens to be involved in the death of Robin's parents and the disappearance of countless other innocents in the city. So, what's a girl to do? Stand back and watch a selfish, malevolent man take down the city with his bare hands? No. She's going to steal from the rich and give back to the poor, of course. But even though she has her secret weapon, Golden Arrow, and her tech savvy best friends, stealing from the most powerful man in the city from his Sherwood Tower office building is much easier said than done. *** This is my entry for the Once Upon Now, Target//Wattpad Contest. If you enjoyed Golden Arrow, please come back and vote from June 14th - June 21st....only votes during this time frame and only votes on the first chapter will be counted for the contest. With your help, Golden Arrow could be published in the upcoming Once Upon Now anthology that will be carried in Target stores and potentially other retailers later this year.

Do you love writing and sharing your stories on Wattpad? Do you have a wild imagination and tales to tell? Do you wish you could be a published author-and have your work appear in you local Target store for your friends and family to see? Well the new #OnceUponNow contest gives you a chance to do all of that! Keep reading to find out all the details!

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.

"Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate beings, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves." -Plato's The Symposium After a mission forty-five years in the making, after finding his soulmate, and after discovering a queen like the daughter Samuel never had...Samuel has his hands full these days. When his queen is betrayed, its up to Samuel to find her and keep her King from doing irreversible damage. When myths and fairy tales literally combine, love comes naturally. And to protect the ones he loves the most, Samuel will alter a plan centuries in the making. Will he be able to save the ones he loves without ruining another's chance to reunite with their soulmate?

Petie the Rabbit must earn points to become the next Easter Rabbit But something goes wrong, and Petie will have to find courage, to be the next easter rabbit. Edited completed. copywrite@mariapagan2016

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.

"I'm dead?" He shrugs and looks back at his tablet. "Yeah." I stand despite the pain it gives me. "I can't be dead. I had my whole life ahead of me." "I'm sorry...?" He doesn't sound very sorry.

- 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)

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

Shrek will always be Donkey best friend. I should know, never got paid for my adventurous Shrek, doesn't matter, for I know, it will always belong to me. This is how Donkey came to be. Dreams do work, sometimes other just take the credit.

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]

After an explosion leaves Charity Bosworth horribly disfigured and her parents dead, she believes that the only people that will ever love her are her two older sisters. It's been six years since the accident, and at twenty-two, she works in the back of her family's florist shop designing and creating floral sprays and centerpieces. It's a great job, one she's good at, even though her real passion is photography. The one day she is running late and hurries out of the house without covering her scars, is the one day her sisters leave for lunch and forget to lock the front door of the shop. As Cheery is photographing her latest centerpiece creation, Brax Hudson walks through the door and into her life. Brax, an award-winning photographer, sees her differently than other people do. He looks past her scars and insists on getting to know her. Her sisters encourage her to go out with him and she finally agrees to a date. But when Brax has a family emergency and has to cancel at the last minute, she realizes it was too good to be true. She isn't dating material, not that she ever thought she would be. Hurt and disappointed, Cheery picks herself up to make her weekly visit to the burn unit where she'd been a patient for two years. Speaking with one of her doctors, he reminds her that her scars are only skin deep... what's in her heart is all that matters. With a million questions on her mind, she goes to Brax's photography studio where he shows her why he is the perfect guy to see past her beastly scars and live happily ever after.

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.

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?

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.