Shadows in the Forest
jamieelynne
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  • Reads 35,308
  • Votes 2,468
  • Parts 11
  • Time 2h 28m
jamieelynne
Ongoing, First published Apr 16, 2015
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Farah was raised like everyone else in the town.  That is, raised to fear the forest.  There's shadows in there, and within the darkness, monsters writhe.  Every now and then, a child goes missing, swallowed up by the shadows and gone forever.
Farah was supposed to be one of those children.
By some strange miracle, she escapes a certain fate in the darkness of the woods, but it's not until several years later, when a man with striking green eyes is captured from the very forest everyone is wary of, that Farah's past comes back to bite her.
There are secrets about the forest no one really knows, secrets about the kingdoms residing there and the beings ruling them.  Secrets Farah will be forced to know, for despite everything she tries to do to deny it, she's been claimed and as such destined to be a queen of a place she's been terrified of her entire life.
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The Haunting Tale

17 parts Complete

A young adventurer named Noah was walking around the forest, he found a young lady wander around the woods, singing with her beautiful voice. Falling in love, Noah wanted to follow her but fell into a hole and got knocked out. As he woke up, he found himself in the dark side of the forest - dark side of fairy tales - called The Unholy Forest. It was where all the spirits who died there were trapped forever. Noah still wanted to find the mystery girl. From traveling across the deep forest full with magical creatures, meeting fairytale characters and finding out the dark side of fairy tales, to the enchanted but creepy-looking castle, Noah tried to find the girl and set free the spirits.

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