The Goldfish and the Martyr
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Tumblefields [ONC 2021]
It was a rite of passage for many of the young people in town. Spend the night in the abandoned hospital and return with trophies. Many people had taken the challenge and won. Many more had failed. Rachel accepts the challenge along with her three best friends, staying the night and taking trophies. Only after they leave do they come to realise their mistake. A mistake they may pay for with more than their lives. Someone never left Tumblefields Hospital. Until now. An ONC, Open Novella Contest, participant. Based upon Prompt: 32 - "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." - Edgar Allen Poe. Placed in the Horror category. ** ONC**: Shortlister, Round Two Winner (Tied, 5th place), Round One Ambassador Pick.**,**Wattpad Chronicle Monthly Spotlight (May 2021)** #OpenNovellaContest #OpenNovellaContest2021 🥇 1st Place, Horror Category, in the Aeryn Awards (2nd Dec 2021)🥇 🥈 2nd Place, Horror Category, in the Time Turner Awards (30th Dec 2021)🥈 🥉 3rd Place in Horror, Big Dipper Awards (May 26th, 2021).🥉 Cover by @LynaForgeComplete
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ONC2025 Round 2 Ambassador Pick 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧, 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝. Unicorns are sacred in the kingdom of Unara, their magic a gift only bestowed upon the worthy-or stolen through death. Someone is hunting them, and if the killings continue, their magic will fall into the wrong hands. Determined to uncover the truth, Oskar sets out to find the culprit. But the deeper he digs, the darker the secrets he unearths--secrets that could shake the very foundation of the kingdom. A standalone fantasy adventure, The Unicorn's Blessing follows Prince Oskar before the events of The Girl with Scars, revealing the choices that shaped the man he would become. Entered into the Open Novella Contest 2025 | @OpenNovellaContest - Rules & Guidelines: https://www.wattpad.com/story/387452246 **Main Prompt** 12. While hiking through a forest, you stumble upon a unicorn's horn. **Secondary Prompt** 130. Protect this with your life. ©2025 E. S. Elias All Rights Reserved. Book Created & Published to Wattpad: 02.01.2025 Book Marked as Completed: 04.08.2025 Cover: Me @DesignsbyEH I used Canva.com | Cover is temporary and subject to several changes. Word Count: 26,234 / 20,000 Goals: Round 1 ✔ | 2,000 words ✔ | Round 1 Winner ✔ Round 2 ✔ | 8,000 words ✔ Round 3 _ | 20,000 words ✔ LONGLIST _ | SHORTLIST _ Honorable Mention? _ | Ambassadors' Pick ✔ Mentioned in Ambassador Newsletter ✔ Rankings: #ONC2025: #21 on 02.02.2025 | #15 on 02.03.2025 | #12 on 03.24.2025 #opennovellacontest2025: #15 onComplete
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♡.﹀﹀﹀﹀.♡ RE-WRITING FROM CHAP. NEW START AS HER TO CHAP. PROMISE «𝙲𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚎» ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝟙, 𝟚, 𝟛 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖.. 𝕄𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕧𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕩 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖! ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 ━━━━━━━━━━━━ [ɴᴀᴍᴇ] ᴡᴀꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ʜᴀᴛᴇꜱ ʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇꜱ ʜᴇʀ ɢᴏ ᴜɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴄᴀʀ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ɢɪᴠᴇꜱ ʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ....? 𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓾𝓽 [ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ɪꜱ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ, ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴛᴇᴀʟ] [ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴍʏ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ʀᴇ-ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴅᴇꜱᴄʀɪʙɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʀᴇ-ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴᴇᴅ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪɴꜱᴘɪʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴠ ᴠᴇʀꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟʙ (ᴍᴏꜱᴛʟʏ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴꜱ.)] 𝐓𝐖: 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 Started: 07 March 2022 Edited:-- 2025 Finished: ---
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