Retellingsunite Stories

A silence to keep and a wicked queen to defeat. An exiled princess returns to her kingdom, bent on slaying the immortal sorceress, the Queen in the Glass Mountain. By her side is the Caster, guide and protector. Perils await them on their quest, and will test not only their strength but their hearts as well. Yet how will such thirst for vengeance serve the Princess, if not to lead to her own ruin? Follow the story of the silent Princess, from the fairy tales "Seven Ravens" and "Six Swans", retold as one of grief and hatred, of lost dreams, and above all, of how love can emerge from even the darkest of places. Cover art by Oliver Barcelon: http://oliverpaulobarcelon.daportfolio.com/

Iduna Swan was never meant to live in Forks, Washington. Her life was supposed to be a simple one, far away from her Uncle Charlie and his daughter, Bella. She was supposed to spend her days in her garden, listening to nature, working at the local flower shop, but with the illness of her mother, Iduna goes to the place she swore never to return to. The place where her father died and she lived. The place where a golden-haired angel decided to save her life. But Forks isn't just the home to her worst memory. It's also home to a dark secret that she's sworn to protect. The same secret that was behind her father's death all those years ago. ------ A Carlisle Cullen fanfiction that is also a retelling of a norse myth. The only reason this is a fanfiction is because I can't be bothered to make it an original yet. Later on, there probably will be an original version that I'll write. Cover by @Pennywithaney

The kingdom Dulcia has fallen. Dark creatures have invaded the palace, inslaving all those who work there. The royal family--the only ones able to stop the creatures--have vanished into oblivion. No one has seen or heard from them since the fall. There are rumors. Rumors that they escaped the castle, rumors that they are assembling an army to fight the creatures known as Muraes. Only one thing is for certain. No one knows where they went, nor do they know if they will come back. ________________________________________ Every year, Clair's family goes to the king of Arium's palace for of the most lavish Christmas party imaginable. They meet family, old friends, new acquaininces--anyone they possibly can. Clair never enjoys the huge parties. She prefers to be by herself, drawing or dancing. Until, one year, everything changes. Presented with the most beautiful gift she could possibly imagine, Clair is filled with joy. She clings to her wooden doll with her life, never letting go. When she wakes up one night and it is gone, she panics, searching for it. Only to find a hideous creature. When she is rescued by the same doll she loved, Clair is suddenly swept up into a world of magic, lost kingdoms, and lost royalty. But she is also in the world ruled by darkness. ________________________________________ "When snow falls, the kingdom dies. Light will leave, Dark will rise. It can only be stopped by treasure as pure as gold, as light as air, but strong and bold. Only then will the leader rise, out from ashes and hidden from prying eyes." ***** 2018 Wattys Shortlist 2018 Wattys Longlist Featured story Awesome cover by @elphadora ***** Loosely based on The Nutcracker (both book and ballet)

A servant girl who wants to go to the ball. An evil stepmother and stepsisters. A charming prince. A fairy godmother. A pumpkin coach. Glass slippers. Everyone knows this story. It's the story of Cinderella right? Wrong. Ashleigh is your average Cinderella, in fact her story begins the same as Cinderella's in every way. Except one. That one tiny detail could mean disaster for Ashleigh. Will she find her happily ever after or will it all end sour because of one little slip up?

Sara is an adventurous and funny girl, after her long waited graduation she goes with her parents and her sister on a holiday in her favorite country, Egypt. There they have lots of fun, visiting lots of cities as Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan. Enjoying the beautiful monuments, museums, mosques and other amazing places that Egypt provides. On their way back home, an unexpected thing happens that changes Sara into a totally different person. She will fight with depression and new life challenges. Will she fulfill her dream and become an Egyptologist? And what will happen after she realizes her dream, what comes next? What will happen with her journey, will her company find the right Tomb they were looking for or the will find the wrong one... What will happen when they will open the wrong tomb, what obstacles they will face. Will someone die? Find out at Cursed Tomb. Cover made by @fizzy0805

**THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN ITS ENTIRETY ON AMAZON - SEE NOTE AT THE END OF CHAPTER 5** Moonlight, prequel to The Subtle Beauty, is the book critics are calling "Kind of ethereal", "...a fairytale world that will steal your heart and fuel your imagination". In this fractured retelling of THE SWAN PRINCESS, one girl will sacrifice much to save her family. When her mother dies, Aowyn vows to protect her brothers and father from the conniving Ciatlllait who is bent on usurping the throne and the kingdom. To do this, Aowyn makes a deal with the twisted creature Sylas Mortas, only realizing too late that breathing a word of their bargain will kill her swan brothers. Will she be able to wait out the 1,000 moons the steep price of the deal requires with war and romance on the horizon? Find out in MOONLIGHT. DON'T MISS THE PAPERBACK & AUDIOBOOK VERSIONS OF THIS EXCITING TALE: http://amzn.com/B015YED1UW http://www.amazon.com/dp/0989203484

***WINNER of the "BREATHTAKING: A FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WRITING COMPETITION!" "You are a secret kept from the world, but not from me." So begins the peculiar message found slipped under a bedroom door on the morning of May first. Theo is the heir to a powerful dictatorship. The number of people allowed to know he exists is few. He has spent his entire life walled up in the Tower, the looming stone monolith from which his father rules over the Land. Merryn is the daughter of political prisoners. She's known who Theo is longer than he would think possible, and she is taking a great risk contacting him via handwritten notes in order to convince him he deserves more than the fate his father has designed for him. She has one month to exchange daily messages with him, to answer his questions and open his eyes to the realities of a world he has never been allowed to see. A revolution is coming to the Land at the end of the month, and if Merryn's notes fail to get their point across, Theo may never live to see the sunrise on June first. A/N: The following letters were originally published each day from May 1st-31st, 2014. As you will see,Theo is allowed to write down a question for Merryn each evening, but you, the reader, won't see these within the body of the story. It may or may not be obvious from Merryn's response what Theo is asking. Part of the fun is guessing what his questions might be, but if you really want to know what they are, a list of those questions is at the end of the story. This story is a re-imagining of Rapunzel. Now, without further ado-I believe a young heir is about to unfold a slip of paper found on the tile floor near his door... Let's see what it says!

Stories can change over time until it is almost completely backwards and unrecognizable. How it came to be is often lost. That is why it is best to look toward the beginning of things, rather than what it became; because only then will you truly understand. It didn't happen ages ago in a land far away-but it happened right here, right now, in an ordinary town with ordinary kids. Let me tell you my story of how it all began. Let me tell the story of the boy who never stopped running, that is, until he began to fly. Created 2016

{a wattpad featured story-- 6/29/18 -- 7/20/18} an HTBC book of the month for November 2018 cover by the talented ellis ( @rubyruins ) ❝the night has a thousand eyes, and the moon knows all your secrets.❞ --in which a young woman bravely defies the odds by regaling the sultan of her kingdom with stories spun of gold and gossamer and perfumed with roses, yet finds herself falling into the beast's claws because of it. (full summary inside) #TheCosmicAwards2019

A modern telling of the origins of the female Peter Pan. Petra, a clever young girl living in the midst of war is doing what she can to survive. Yet her surviving tactics have shown to lead her closer to death than life will it be any different when she is left alone in the Forrest amongst curious creatures... *Beautiful cover done by @fernweraki

Harriet has always been the type of girl who would rather ride horses than stitch embroidery, practice her sword-fighting than practice her curtsies, and she'd rather dream about being the first female knight in all of history instead of a docile wife on some nobleman's arm. When a war between the allies of Ecrivenia and the kingdom of Carigan starts to brew, Harriet begins to wonder if it might just be her chance to become the knight she's always wished to be. Taking a chance, Harriet enlists in the King's Army, disguising herself as the red-headed, slight-figured, and quick-witted boy, Harry. However, when she is put under the charge of the handsome and strict King of Marenta, Leopold, she realizes her troubles are just beginning. Not only will she have to keep the other men from noticing she is a woman, but she will also have to put up with the scrutiny of King Leopold, the best friend of her brother-in-law. Throw in grueling training sessions, whispers of treason, and the enemy's secret weapon, Harriet suddenly finds herself thrust into the reality of being a knight in a war that might not be able to be won. ------ This is a sister novel to the first draft of Glass Slippers. The gorgeous cover is made by the amazing @solidarity_! Make sure to check her work out if you get the chance!

Bonnie and Chloe are more than sisters. They are best friends. After Bonnie suffers complications from an unknown illness, nothing in their lives is the same. Their father remarries a woman with two daughters of her own and breaks a promise without realizing the consequences his actions will have on his family. Eligible young men begin taking interest in Bonnie and Chloe as they become of age, but not all of them are exactly as they seem. Bonnie and Chloe will encounter enchanted roses and talking frogs as well as learn to dance in glass slippers and face internal struggles with themselves. This story is written for the Mix-Up Novel Contest. It is a retelling of three different fairy tales: Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and The Frog Prince. The cover is made by the talented @Pennywithaney This is a first draft.

**THIS IS THE DRAFT COPY AND MAY DIFFER DRAMATICALLY FROM THE FINAL VERSION** (Currently enrolled in Kindle Unlimited at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PI4BNZY . Final copy includes new chapters and content!) "I felt your sky, and it has told me much. There is a dark force at work. The world is about to change, and you... little red hen... are at the center of it." --The Kelpie of Lake Lomond When a magic acorn falls on Rós's head and changes how she sees the entire world, she believes the sky is falling. She seeks the advice of her farmyard friends, only to be sent on a quest of a lifetime. Many factions are in play and lives are at stake when she learns that an even greater evil is lurking than just the Ents in the woods. Can one little red hen save the world? In this twist on the classic tale of Chicken Little, no one is too small to make a difference. *** FROM THE BOOK: She looked down at the acorn and suddenly remembered. A dark and stormy night. The acorn rocketing from the swirling vortex like a golden, shooting star. Then... WHACK! Rós's beak gaped. A piece of sky had struck her.

THIS VERSION IS THE DRAFT AND DIFFERS DRAMATICALLY FROM THE FINAL COPY **THE FINAL COPY CAN BE FOUND IN ITS ENTIRETY ON AMAZON** Reviewers are calling FALLEN "Creative, delightfully dark, endearingly sweet... a fantasy fairytale like none ever heard before" with "...characters larger than life"! This twisted, fractured fairy tale based on The Frog Prince is full of dark magic, steamy kisses, and the tempting of fate. "Once upon a time, I fell in love. Madly, deeply. With my whole being. I'd do anything for the girl who robbed me of my heart. I tried to save her... But Darkness came. The ban sidhe, Crwys, death herself, wants me for her own. She thinks I am someone from her past, and she will not rest until I submit. I have secrets. Some I can barely live with myself for, and every night I dream of two women. One I cannot save, the other I cannot escape...." --Prince Sylas of Killeagh CONTAINS SOME MATURE SCENES NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL READERS. DISCRETION ADVISEDNow available for purchase!http://amzn.com/B00N9RT7UA

Have you ever wondered why the Datura stramonium - otherwise known as Jimson Weed or the Devil's Snare to name a few common names - is a strong hallucinogen and fatally toxic if not taken in the right doze? And why does it only blooms at night? Read on to find the answers, if you dare... ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ--ღ This is my entry for the #RetellingsUnite Creation short story contest, hosted by @RetellingsUnite. Happy Reading ღ Word Count: 905 ©Missy De Graff 2016 | Wattpad

A rose by any other name is just as deadly... When young women in the mortal world start vanishing, no one suspects that the culprit lies in another dimension; one filled with magic, lies, and betrayal. In Faeriedon, three women become entangled in a deadly game of vengeance and escape. Jeanne, the bitter Beauty, seeks to exact revenge upon the father who sold her to the Beast. Caileigh, tormented by Beauty and hunted by the Beast, desperately yearns for a way home. Andrae, haunted by dreams and whispers, is determined to rescue Caileigh despite the cost. The touch of a rose brings forth every secret, every desire, and no hand is left unstained by blood. Fay- ri- don. Faerie - fairyland, the world of faerie. Variant of fairy. *A Fairy-tale Re-telling* Amazing cover by the even more amazing @seventhstar

**Featured in the official wattpad short story fairytale anthology** One defining life event can turn even the purest and most innocent person into someone corrupted. Someone driven by hatred, anger, and a desire for revenge. Anyone beautiful can become a beast. In this fresh retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast, outside appearances can be deceiving, and nothing is as it seems.