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Borrowed Courage

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Parts 12
Time 3h 9m

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It has been ten years since the borrower race was discovered by humankind, and the world is still struggling with its shift towards interspecies equality. Caught in the midst of it all is Brooke Tucker, a student whose family is falling apart after her father is convicted for illegally exterminating borrowers. To make things worse, her classmate and self-proclaimed borrower advocate Kaleb Finch is determined to make her life a living hell when he catches wind of her father's crime. 

But when Brooke discovers that Kaleb harbours a secret of his own; one which could turn the tides on borrower acceptance worldwide if let out, the two of them are forced into a reluctant truce. Both Kaleb and Brooke must learn to put their own prejudices aside if they want to get along, which turns out to be easier said than done in a society determined to drive them apart.All Rights Reserved

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PUPARIA (G/T) by thursd4ygirl

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Left Behind by latinpoetess

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭 ✎ Mary was trapped, her parents had left her behind. It was a rule: if someone is left behind, borrowers can't risk their lives to save them. The little girl had hoped they'd make an exception for her, she wished to see them coming and rescue her. They would lecture her about walking too slowly, because of that she had been spotted by a mouse that tried to kill her. But they didn't come back. Instead, she was found by her worst nightmare: a human. ˏˋ°•*⁀➷𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐱𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐆/𝐓 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲; ˏˋ°•*⁀➷𝐓.𝐖. ➵ 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 (𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭).

Truth Be Told (G/t) by Marakura

After being separated from his parents, Colan is left alone to fend for himself. Throughout his journey, he faces hardship after hardship and learns despite himself that for a borrower, the best way to survive is to master the art of deception of humans and borrowers alike. But what will happen the day all his lies are uncovered?

The Pet Shop Helper [G/t] by Molly_Cat_2019

Don't let the name fool you. It isn't about treating borrowers like crap and all that. It's actually about a girl named Rose Leaflet who absolutely loves and respects borrowers. She works at a pet shop only because she gets to take care of borrowers that way. But when she is told to take a borrower man that went past his limit to the food market, she's shocked. Never has she had to do that before. And she doesn't. Her boss will tell her to keep the money that she'd receive for the borrower. So instead of selling the man, she takes him home. It's winter, and she can't just let him go. Then she is told to sell a second man the same day. But she doesn't. Instead she also takes him home. After a bit of trouble with the first one, she then finds two little borrower kids. The four borrowers find that they do not mind staying, since she doesn't baby them. She buys them a house and nuts them food that they can make themselves, letting them live comfortably. Soon she's finding that not only is she worrying about selling borrowers to nice people and taking care of borrowers at home in secret, she also has to secretly take home more and more borrowers. How will she keep all of them safe? Find out.

The Life of a Borrower by Jordan_06872

Benjamin is a borrower boy who meets the human he had been borrowing from all these years. Will it be a death sentence? Or will they form an unlikely friendship?

A Small and Tall Collection by Narrans

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The Winged by _Tiny_Stories_

Surviving can be difficult when you're only a few inches tall. Fanged beasts see you as their prey, every creature is bigger than you, and the world seems to work against small things. Not to mention the struggles of getting from place to place... but the worst of it all? Humans. Once a year, every year, summer sweeps over the forest. The sun warms the leaves and the damp melts away until the world of the Winged flourishes. Those warm months are when survival becomes the hardest. Drawn by the beauty of the forest, humans of all kind invade the already dangerous home of the small Winged people. Fear of these monsters is shared throughout the tribes. One sacred piece of advice is known: avoid humans at all costs. They know only how to destroy and hurt. ___ Despite the protests of her close friend, Azure accepts a mission that takes her from the safety of her tribe. Things begin well despite her trepidation of the approaching summer months. That is, until she falls right into the hands of the very creatures she feared. ___ Completed! Beware of some crappy writing and stupid typos :0 Second part is on my account :) :)

The Sugar Thief (G/T) (Completed) by bottlesandbuttons

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PUPARIA (G/T)

New York - 2009, In a world where less than 5% of the world's population has a genetic condition that allows them to shift between sizes, how will Hosah, a size-shifter detective, cope with the unfairness that comes with his curse ? warning, topics included: violence, death, EDs, General Crime, religious trauma please keep yourself in mind before reading, intended for a mature audience