Shines2017 Stories

That rebellious fire burned deep down inside of her, burning her bones and boiling her blood. Oh my how her fire burned. So bright, it brought light to the world and filled people with heavenly warmth. Brighter than a star, they'd say. Nothing could even put it out, she was told. She was invincible, untamable. Until she wasn't. Someone dimmed her light till it was nothing. And ashes she became, remains of the fire before.

***NOW ENTERED IN SHINES 2017 - FANTASY*** A young man awakes in an unfamiliar land with no memory of how he arrived there. All he remembers is that he is on a mission of vital importance; to eliminate two targets. The only problem is that he doesn't know what they look like or where they are because no one has ever seen their faces. Instructed never to reveal his true identity, he must remain cautious. This proves difficult when he begins to experience hallucinations that no one else seems aware of. These visions taunt him to unleash his true power which he learned to fear long ago. One of his biggest secrets is nearly in plain sight; his right palm. He keeps it covered but what is he hiding underneath? Soon he realizes that he isn't the only one with something to hide and no one can be trusted.

[Completed!] Fay and Amory Diver have a skeleton in their closet. A new High School, new friends and new love affairs are the perfect distraction. But when their past comes knocking and the truth comes out, who will stick by their side? A new-adult story about two siblings and their tumultuous life. Let Fay take you by the hand and introduce you to her brother, her new friends and an exciting love affair. As long as Fay and Amory stick together they can survive anything, but will growing up inevitably also mean growing apart?

Four forces are at war. The dragon, dinosaur, Mythic, and Mystic forces. With their war outstretching across the entire universe, their war has now reached Earth. Each side has chosen their champions, they have chosen their warriors and now they must fight their battles and win their wars over Earth, not only for the planet itself... but for everyone and thing on it.

"Make sure you wear a red dress." Shayleen Taylor makes her first steps into the real world of journalism, as she gets to know businessman Harry Samuels - one who is going to make her lose her mind. Two people who couldn't be any more different find their way into each other's lives. ... if there only wasn't something that stopped them. "I was addicted. I was addicted to his touch, to his soft hands, to his voice and to all the love he had given to me. Comparing to a drug, none could have such an impact on me like he always did. I was just butter in his hands, someone that melted and was willing to give away their confidence to get all the love that existed. Never in a million years I would have thought I would be able to get lost in someone's eyes just like I did get lost in his - like an ocean that drowns you and a mouth that swallows you. But I did. I did and I regret it. My name is Shay and I have fallen helplessly, madly, completely in love with a man." © 2017 by Sorayahh The picture of the woman on the book cover is not me. Credits to the owner.

This young teenage girl runs away from home because she is tired of her family. This girl decides to leave her home town and goes to Europe where she makes encounter with a man that tries to help her with her situation about her family. Does the girl ever go back to her home? Or does she decide to stay in Europe? Find out by reading Run Away Girl. Side Note- I had already had this published on here once but I accidentally deleted it when I was trying to delete my other story.

Hi! I'm Emilia Preston, a talenter. You see, in my world we have four different types of talenters and live on the 18 games. As a weapon type talenter, I was chosen to enter a competition to represent my school. This is my wild story and my crazy adventure. Sorry for this description....it's a short story so I don't have a good description about it. Just read it and give it a chance! The Prologue might give you a little more information. Thanks! Please read! Btw cover picture was taken by me:)

Three men survive a plane crash. One lawyer, one pilot, and one bartender have to try to escape the brutal forces of nature in the desert. Who will live? And who will die? ****Please note that this is a satire!!!!****

"But, I don't want to make them pay." "What?" "I don't wanna hurt them, or make them pay for what they've done to me, I just don't." "Hold on a second, you're telling me, that you don't want revenge on the people that have made your life a living hell since junior school?!" "Yes." "Why the fuck not?!" she growled. "Well, because, I believe in Karma." "What?" she paused, a small smile forming on her pretty face. "I believe that karma will deal with them, someday. Maybe not now, but one day, and if I'm lucky, I can watch it happen." "Oh, sweetheart," she purred, "That day, is sooner than you think, and birds what? You're gonna have a front row seat to the show." *** Highest rank: #4th in humor (on: 21.05.17) Winner of the emerald awards! (#1st in humor) Karma wears Stilettos, 2015 © All Rights Reserved.

In the town of Ivory-wood there are two kinds of people. The social ones and the mysterious ones. Rissa Hundle is a mysterious girl trying to live a better life and join the Socials. Alexandr Knot is in the same boat. When both are mysteriously called into a "final job". They'll have to accept their past and work together to defete the towns greatest enemy.

Turn the lights down low and hide under your bedsheets because the truth is, we're not safe. The real world is far more terrifying than anything we can make up. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!! The life of Ruby changes for better or worse as her boyfriend Toby enters her life to help her cope with the damages that hurt her. Ruby claims that Toby plays a vital role in her life and must come along her journey or else she just might be lost forever in the horror that surrounds her. How could an ordinary young guy figure out the truth in all of this? We're about to find out. It's horror and romance mixed in a blender for your entertainment. Highest ranking #33 © 2017 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

❝ who are you? no one. absolutely no one ❞ Messages strung up like poems. They don't know who sent them, but they know the sender is somewhere in outer space, describing a world both strange and unnervingly beautiful. "Nova" is a poem story speaking of aliens, unlikely friendships, and loneliness. And as the watchers on Earth decipher the what's, why's, how's, and where's, there remains the mystery of who.

❝The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.❞ ~ H. P. Lovecraft We all fear the unknown. When confusion and chaos trickle its way into the clandestine world of supernatural and threatens to reveal their identity to the humans, it is upon them to find out the root of their predicament and bring their world back to normal, before it's too late. Moving to the town of Ridgeview, a group of supernatural people set off on a mission, led by the Prince of the Vampire Realm. Ryan Winslow. Cold, dark, mysterious. Happiness is something he hasn't come across in a long time. To him, happiness is superficial, which is only possible in fictional books. Reason? A deceitful curse. But stepping into Ridgeview High, his life takes a strange turn, when he comes across a girl. Iris Winters. Sweet, sarcastic, childish. Happiness is something she has experienced her entire life. To her, happiness is everything. She seems to have a perfect and carefree life. Or, does she? Slowly deteriorating the thick walls built by him, she enters his dark territory and, becomes the beam of light in his world of darkness, the ray of hope in his hopeless world, the reason behind his smile and the cause of his happiness. There is an unmistakable and undeniable bond that they share, very unique and one of its kind. But there's something very dark and mysterious brewing amidst all this, threatening to spill and destroy everything. And when dark secrets and truths start to resurface, all hell break loose. #14 in Paranormal (12/02/2017) Cover credit: @Heathen_xoxo

Noah didn't believe in love at first sight until he met her. She was perfect, an angel sent from above. A whirlwind, beautiful but destructive. She turned his life upside down and he loved that. But a disaster tore their lives apart, and left Noah feeling lonely, confused and sad. *not edited*

Highest Rank - #16 in Vampire 5/5/2017 Excerpt She lay pale on the hospital bed. His heart bled seeing her in this state. Thin tubes attached to her skin through the needles peirced into her skin and the crimson red blood dripping through them. The darkness under her eyes stating the level of her fatigue but still a small smile lit up on her face as soon as she saw him enter. "See, I am fit and and fine. I told you I'll be fine" He smiled throygh his tears. "Ofcourse you are fine. How can I ever let anything happen to you! You are my life" "Babe why dont you come and sit near me" He walked towards her and taking her delicate hand his rough ones he sat besides her. He could see through her facade, the pain she was suffering through but his patience had reached to its limit he couldn't let her hurt anymore. He leaned close to her lips and muttered "Forgive me" before lightly pressing them to hers her brows frowned in confusion but she responded to his kiss. He leaned back and looked her dead hi in the eye his pupils had turned fully black showing nothing of his human side. "Forget me" he commanded. Her eyes widened for a second before they became completely blank. After a while she shook her head. She looked around. 'What was she doing here in a hospital room and who was this stranger in her room and where was her family?' "Excuse me! Who are you?" She asked. But he looked so heartbroken that he just backed away and left the room ignoring her question. ***** Swara Bose- An undercover reporter Sanskaar Maheshwari- An Inhumanely Beautiful Professor How will their words collide and how will it change their lives forever. They were bound by Love, Promises and BLOOD. And she was marked as his FOREVER.

(ON HOLD) We lie. We are human. We hide the truth and keep secrets. Whether it's telling a story that isn't true, saying something about someone that isn't true, or pretending to be someone we aren't, it's human nature. And we are human. -Eleanor Mason. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Don't Leave Me is a thrilling horror story of a young girls discovery. Eleanor Mason lost her mother in a car crash when she was five, since then she has been living with her paranoid father, Alexander Mason. Along with her step sister, Murphy. Alexander doesn't talk much about her and Eleanor doesn't know much about her mother but she loves Murphy dearly. Being in these strange circumstances makes it hard for Eleanor to make friends, in a desperate attempt to keep her three friends Eleanor makes a horrific discovery and a decision she will regret for the rest of her life.

❝ She does not like to play by the rules, and neither do they. ❞ | Earth. The year 3000. Featuring ~ 1) A game. 2) Billions, promised better lives, playing to win. 3) Player 690862. A girl who knows too much. |NOTE: CHAPTERS 3-5 BEING REWRITTEN.| In a world ravaged by overpopulation and pollution, Alex lives with his widowed father and sister in poverty, their mother having disappeared long ago. To win recruitment into the secret intelligence to provide for the family, Alex enters a computer game - A virtual reality both unnerving and beautiful. Where she will fight, just like everyone else, to win. But she is delving not just into a game of survival, but into a cavern of secrets. Join Alex as she discovers what it truly means to join Argent, and the meaning of the two words embedded at the heart of everything - The Paragon. ❝ I was just thinking maybe.. Maybe I can find Mom again. ❞ ✦✦ Description~PARAGON~DownloadFile0274921720 To truly become a member of Argent, there must be strength of mind just as there is strength of body. On the free-for-all computer simulation/game Paragon, we will challenge every fiber of your will. Players will continue to be eliminated until recruit(s) are chosen. Good luck.

Natasha Kapoor is the "GOOD GIRL". She is a smart, shy, sweet girl who is loved by everyone. She is also someone you never wanna mess up with. She lives by the motto-"If you are good to me, I'll be good to you, but if you are bad to me, I'll be the worst bitch to you." But she wasn't like that before. What made her the way she is? Zachary David is the "BAD BOY" of Harrison University. He is arrogant, rich, sexy as hell, charming and gets everything he wants in just a snap of his fingers. Everything is just a game and challenge to him. But he wasn't like that before. What made him the way he is? What happens when Zachary sets his eyes on Natasha? Will she be only a challenge to him? Or will the BAD BOY start falling for the GOOD GIRL? Wanna know the answers? Join their incredible journey to find out the answers to these unanswered questions... #not a cliche# ( at least not completely)