Resisting Stories

I should be in my room, I told myself. Or at least somewhere familiar. . . Word reached the inner hall within moments. "Sona has returned." . . "Struggling won't break it." "Then you don't know who you've tied," she shot back. "And that's your mistake." . . "You think this is about safety?" she demanded. "This is about possession." . . . She held his gaze, "And what feels out of place about me?" "Nothing," he said after a moment. "That's what makes it noticeable." For the first time, she smiled-small, controlled. "My name is Kirti." . . . "Since I'm clearly being discussed-I am Shri." . . "He told me to pack my bags," Shri said. "Said I was late." "I asked him why," Shri went on. "He said, 'Because if you don't leave now, you'll miss her.'"

The Empire is wounded. Its war machine is starving. Its ranks are being bled dry. After the Battle of Yavin, Emperor Palpatine orders an expedition into the Unknown Regions to search for raw materials in order to make up for the loss of the Death Star. When the planet Earth is discovered, the capture of its valuable resources becomes a top priority. The only problem? Earth's people won't go down without a fight. *Star Wars was created by George Lucas and is owned by Disney (not me lol)* *Currently Attempting to Publish on Royal Road under Account JP Short*

(Sequel to Shrek the Third: Search of a New Heir!) Greetings, everyone. Prince Cassian of Havendale, at your service. Life has been going so excellently ever since me and Naomi got married! Being royalty hasn't been easy these days, but I always do my best. Most days, I believe that I truly have what it takes to be a great King. With the support of my friends and family, I grow more confidence in myself and it encourages me to keep doing my best to if I want to be a ruler that the Kingdom of Havendale can believe in and look up to. However, things are about to take a turn for the worst as Shrek, who's been longing for the old days when he was feared by many, signs a deal with the devious Rumpelstiltskin. As a result, I end up getting separated from my family and we end up getting thrown into an alternate universe where Rumpelstiltskin rules Far Far Away with an army of witches at his disposal. Ogres are hated and being hunted down, no one knows who Shrek is since he never existed here, and Shrek will die in a day's time. If that wasn't bad enough, Havendale has even been taken over by an army of raiders led by the man who I believed I would never worry about ever again. Can we undo the magic of the contract, find a way out of this hellish timeline, and restore our happily ever after? IMPORTANT: Do NOT copy, repost, or steal my work! -Shrek belongs to DreamWorks Animation! -All OCs belong to me! -All music used belongs to their respective owners!

[ONGOING STORY] A nation can imprison a man, but not an idea. Set against the backdrop of a futuristic society ruled by the iron fist of an ultranationalist-fascist regime, a group of masked individuals are drawn together by circumstance and tragedy. Hidden behind their identities and haunted by their pasts, they become unwilling witnesses to a nation unraveling beneath tyranny, corruption, fear, oppression, decadence, and silence. As unrest spreads and the regime's grip begins to crack, they find themselves caught between obedience and resistance, survival and conviction. Bound by loss, disillusionment, and a shared longing for change, they must navigate a world where truth is suppressed, dissent is punished, and hope itself is treated as a threat. But beyond every mask lies a truth waiting to be uncovered, and some truths are powerful enough to awaken the people. A novel in memory of a long-forgotten revolution. DISCLAIMER: All elements in the story are fictional, and any real-life parallels are purely coincidental and unintentional. [Written in Taglish]

Wren Calloway, a 24-year-old lighthouse keeper's daughter in a near-future Pacific Northwest, is captured when an alien consciousness called the Choir invades her coast. The Choir travels as microscopic spores and bonds to human hosts, gradually erasing the original mind - a process called Settling. Wren refuses to be erased. Instead of fading, she persists inside her own body alongside the alien strand now calling itself Mira Ashlight - and the two become an uneasy alliance. To save her younger brother Sam from the same fate, Wren and Mira must outwit the cold, zealous harbor master Cantor Vell, work with a resistance fighter named Joaquin Reyes who once came to kill her, and find a third option that neither human nor Choir doctrine has ever considered: a bond built on consent instead of conquest.

"Until every last star in the Galaxy dies" The Galaxy torn into yet another war, but hope is still alive out there amongst planets. Cover by @disneyfanatic_36

What if the worst thing humanity ever did started as a really good idea? When a revolutionary genetic testing company promises to help people better understand themselves, millions sign up. After all, who wouldn't want answers? Answers about their health, their future, their relationships, even who they are at their very core. But every system begins with a promise. The Marked is a speculative fiction novel about identity, belonging, fear, and the small compromises people make every day without realizing what they're giving away. Because history is rarely built on monsters. More often, it's built by ordinary people making reasonable choices.

The galaxy expected Kylo Ren to fall after Exegol. Instead, he conquered. Now the First Order rules from the stars, offering protection where the Republic failed and crushing rebellion wherever it rises. On the royal world of Valaryn, survival comes at a price: a treaty, a throne, and a princess promised to the Supreme Leader. You were raised to smile in court, bleed in silence, and kill when necessary. Draped in silk, jewels, and royal duty, you have always known your life would belong to your planet. So when Valaryn signs a political alliance with the First Order, you accept your role as Kylo Ren's bride, not for love, but for survival. Your union is meant to be strategic. Cold. Controlled. But Kylo Ren is not the monster you expected, and you are not the fragile princess he was promised. As distrust turns into fascination behind closed doors, Resistance survivors begin using Valaryn as the spark of a new uprising. With your family divided, your loyalty questioned, and the dark side calling louder than ever, you must decide whether you will remain a daughter of Valaryn... ...or become something far more feared.

" It's not a story about Bitcoin. It's a story about what's left of a man when he refuses to be his bank account." In the heart of Bristol, amid the acrid smell of paint and the electrical hum of clandestine servers, the most dangerous identity of the century is born. Robin Gunningham didn't want to be rich; he wanted to be free. But freedom comes at a price no cryptographic function can calculate. While the world chases the shadow of Satoshi Nakamoto through financial charts and journalistic investigations, Mercedes Fiorenova leads us into the bunker where aggressive activism meets the silence of the soul. Between a work that self-destructs under the blows of an auction gavel and a code that slips into the depths of the Darknet, I'M Satoshi Nakamoto (Banksy) is a brutal and poetic descent into the failure of modern utopias. dark true novel . A journey alongside a man who burned a billion-dollar treasure to remain a ghost, and a woman, Lauren, who dances on the edge of a bipolar abyss to witness the end of the world as we know it. Are you ready to discover that the truth isn't written in a digital wallet, but on the wall they just tried to tear down?

After waking up beneath an imperial base, a young jedi has forgotten who he was. He goes on a journey to rediscover his place in the galaxy, while old friends and foes wage a war around him. This is a sequel to Rise of a Legend. I do not own Star Wars or any of its characters. All rights belong to Lucasfilm and Disney.

New chapters every Sunday 10:00AM EST! A stowaway. A stolen ship. A galaxy that doesn't believe in hope anymore. Outer Reaches follows Liam, a reckless optimist whose refusal to accept a broken universe slowly turns survival into rebellion. As he crosses Union borders and cartel space, his belief that everyone deserves to smile begins to challenge systems built on fear, control, and exhaustion.

Brendan Hughes has just became the leader of D-Company of the Belfast brigade. He shortly travels to the South, where the IRA soldiers are trained and meets Charlene, a high rank woman who trains his men, yet seems to be nothing like the others. How difficult is to love in the midst of a war? A Say Nothing fanfiction, written respectfully for the heroes of the IRA.

30 years after the Battle of Jakku, supreme leader snoke leads the deadly First Order to take control of the galaxy once again. Leia, Poe dameron, and the remains of the rebellion form the heroic resistance, battling across the stars to stop them.

In a world where anyone under the age of 25 in considered a "Child" 17-year-old Yvonne fights for her family above all else. Trying to fight against all that stands in the way of protecting her family As a Sergeant Major in the Resistance against the Kingdom of Xelria, Yvonne has been voluminous in the fight against the royal family of Xelria and is granted status and perks . But how will she do that when she's in the palace guarded and taken care of by 7 of the highest ranking officials in the army who think just because she's young and innocent. She changes their minds in a flip of a switch. As she fights for a way out all she cares for threatens to fall through the cracks as secrets are spilled and old friends uprooted. Can she escape and help her cause survive? Or is all she cares about to be swept off the face of the earth? *Not my cover art* *not my pictures* My story and characters Things will be changed chapter to chapter so I'm sorry but I'm trying to make it the best that it can be.

Prime. A perfect new dawn for humanity. One with no room for difference. You cannot love. You cannot be. If it is different, it is forbidden. But Reaper loves Kate. Falcon loves Millicent. Justin loves Aymee. Mikael loves Bobby. Raven loves Karter. Poppy loves Lauren. You cannot make love illegal and expect it to be quiet.

Poems and prose that stays with you. Collection of words that resonates with you.

As the Sky People return and the balance of Eywa begins to fracture, Tireya of the Tayrangi moves through her days as she always has, serving, healing, protecting, never hesitating. She is fearless in the air, unyielding on the ground, and bound by duty to her clan. Then a stranger steps into her path. A lone shadow warrior-clanless, carrying the weapons of the Sky People despite the Na'vi blood in his veins-moves through the forest like something half-forbidden, half-unchained. He does not bow. He does not flee. He watches her as though she is both a threat and the truth. "You should not stand so close," she tells him once, voice sharp, pulse louder than the forest. He leans nearer anyway, breath grazing her ear. "Then stop reaching for me." Every encounter is wrong-too quiet, too charged, too aware. Their hands never touch, yet she feels him everywhere. His restraint is violent. Hers is breaking. As the resistance grows and the land begins to bleed, Tireya is forced to fight beside the one man she cannot afford to want-someone without a clan, without a place, without permission to look at her like that.

Verses of Defiance is a searing collection of protest poems that pulse with the raw energy of resistance. From whispered dissent to full-throated cries for justice, these verses capture the spirit of those who challenge oppression, inequality, and silence. Each poem is a spark, igniting hope and demanding change in a world that too often turns away. Bold, unyielding, and unapologetic, this anthology speaks truth to power and invites readers to join the chorus of defiance.

Natalie, (referred to as nat or just insert your name there if preferred.) is the unknown daughter of Han and Lea Solo. Growing up, she has always felt one with the force and draw to the light, but her brother seeks to make her the first female supreme leader, so she keeps her powers a secret and trains by herself. One day on a star destroyer, it is attacked, and she is forced to fight in a TIE fighter, being shot down, she lands unconscious with just fragments of her memory. She is taken in by the Resistance and instantly becomes friends with the resistance fighter, Poe Dameron, while her brother seeks revenge. When face to face in combat, will she join her brother, or reveal her ability with the force, standing with her newfound friends and family. I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THESE CHARACTERS EXCEPT FOR NATALIE SOLO DO NOT UPLOAD THIS TO ANOTHER WEBSITE OR I WILL FIND YOU I SWEAR I AM LIKE PENELOPE GARCIA FROM CRIMINAL MINDS-I WILL FIND YOU all rights go to Disney and LucasFilm :-)

In the silk-producing valleys of the Kingdom of Naples, Renza, the daughter of a respected silk merchant, has been raised within the careful order of family and tradition. Lucien arrives as a restless outsider, marked by a past he cannot escape. Around them move others bound by secrecy and survival, including a spy for the Inquisition trained to live between two worlds. As tensions deepen and suspicion spreads through Silk County, their lives draw toward a tragic event history has nearly erased. Echoing the ancient myth of Galatea and Acis in a 16th century setting, Silk County explores how love endures in fragile and often dangerous spaces, where even the most delicate threads can bind souls across time. #ONC2026 contest. Story is complete. Prompts: #16 - Into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. And a slightly modified version of #104 - while wandering through the woods, you dismiss the rustling behind you as nothing more than the wind through the trees until you turn around realize it isn't wind at all. Content Note: This story contains references to non-graphic sexual situations. It also draws on historical accounts of the Inquisition, including themes of religious persecution and some chapters contain acts of violence. While these elements, as well as 16th century attitudes toward women, are handled with care, they reflect the realities of the period and may be difficult for some readers. They do not reflect this author's viewpoint.