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Halfworld (ONCs 2025)

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"From a deck of cards, pick one. But what will it reveal about your fate?" (Prompt #93, ONCs 2025)

What if Cinderella didn't go to the ball because she wanted to, but because she was hired to? What if she was hired to bring a kingdom to its knees? What if fairytales didn't end happily, and the princess and the prince didn't live happily ever after?

Nesta Rennell knows all too well that "happily ever after" is a myth. But when she's offered the deal of a lifetime to infiltrate a royal ball and seduce not one but two princes in a bid to turn them against each other and prove that they're unfit to rule, she has to convince her targets that fairytales are real and that dreams do come true. 

But there are far greater forces at play than Nesta knows. War is looming on the horizon, and someone is pulling the strings. Besides, like every good thief and con artist knows, nothing ever goes according to plan, and nothing is ever as it seems.All Rights Reserved

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The Thread Of Fate by SK_tea24

"You need to understand this." He stepped closer, "I'm going to protect you Seraphina. Now and forever. Even if you choose to leave. You're someone I'm willing to die for so get it through your head." "Why?" I breathed. "Because I want to." He kissed my forehead, "and because I can." **** A king on the path of revenge and a girl running for her life. Can he protect her? Will she save him? Will they fall in love and have a happily ever after? Or does fate have other plans? **** This story is now completed 🎉 (it's the first draft though 🤫)

A Thorny Tale by Kitsuneume

Foreword: A plant can thrive or a plant can die with or without attention. Whether it's lovingly nurtured or butchered makes no difference really but sometimes they can come back stronger than ever. It's a relationship where we need each other more than we think about really and we take them all for granted like we do each other. One seed can sow doubt or it can sow hope. Wonder what would happen to the world if such a seed existed inside a person and it finally bloomed? Synopsis: Briar was made a slave and an orphan on the same day she was born. She serves at the castle she was born in, the court of winter. Everyone can command her to do tasks and she has no freedom to leave. Those at the top of this world are the ruling Fae, next are ruling humans, next Fae, free humans, protected slaves and then the banished ones. At least as a slave she has a chance at earning her freedom from a ruling Fae to pardon her. She is also something more which is discovered as she grows up but she must keep it hidden to protect herself. As she masters her skills, she, along with her friends, are given the opportunity to leave and earn her freedom. It's the first step in finding herself and her answers and perhaps it could change her life in ways she couldn't imagine when she was taking everyone's orders in the kitchen. But first she must rescue a prince from a dungeon... (Small warning) Contains suggestions of non consensual sexual relationships of a business kind but no graphic detail. This is a story about a main female character in a reverse harem situation as well. (Book cover made from Book Covers app)

A Touch of Magic by Sarel303

"Usually innocents like you have time to grow into their magic before they have to break the rules. You don't have that time, Minta. Please believe me, you need to be ready. I'm risking everything to make you ready." I stopped and searched his eyes for further explanation, and there was a near moment of clarity before Edgar looked away, releasing me gently. "Risk what, Edgar?" A Touch of Magic... Minta has a choice; she can turn away from magic or embrace it. Desperate for a destiny, it's a no brainer. Guided by the cat who's been following her around, and her dead aunt's sidekick Gladys Jones, Minta begins by fixing problems with bullies, and finding Prince Charming for her b.f.f. Who'd of thought there were so many Cinderella's in need of makeovers? It's not long before Minta wants change her own romantic fortunes too (it's worked for everyone else). But life is never that simple and as Minta grapples with her future, there are others trying to stop her from having one. But who and why? Minta hasn't a clue. Though she does have her suspicions about the cat... Eventually, sacrificing her own (and very human) desires to follow her path, Minta's destiny becomes clear; this is a story of self-belief and resolution, first crushes & love (and the journey towards grasping the difference). Mostly though, this is a book about magic. Cover kindly made by @alessandra

All I Need ✔️ by Chronically-Chaotic

"You're playing with fire Safania." "Good thing I don't burn." The last words he spoke before throwing me onto my bed sounded like a threat, but felt more like a promise. "You will." *** Don't get caught. Those are the three words Safania has lived by for the past five years. As a marked woman - easily identified by intricate bronze marks on her back and unpredictable special abilities - she has spent the past five years running from anyone who might exploit those abilities...especially the royal families who tortured marked women to build their empires. Starving, exhausted, and frozen, she collapses by the bank of a river just to wake up in her worst nightmare: the chambers of a prince. Prince Cassius is his father's first choice of his three brothers to ascend to the throne. He's smart, strategic, and stoic, unlike his corrupt and depraved brothers. There's just one problem: he has no interest in any of his proposed marital matches, and the King will only pick someone as his successor who he knows will carry on the family line. But once he meets Safania, he finds himself unable to imagine ruling the kingdom without her by his side. Can he convince her to trust him? *** Warning: this story contains mature and potentially triggering themes including domestic violence and sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised.

The Tragic Tale of Cinderella by JeremyCroston

All fairy tales are supposed to end happily ever after, no? What if they were just lies? The truths behind those tales could be as black as the night for all you know. Maybe you think I'm just a skeptic, a hardened old man who just doesn't see the magic anymore. Well, you'd be right on both accounts. Don't let me dampen your love of stories and how the world works. But for those of you who seek the truth and want to know more, I invite you to listen to my tale. For I was there when that awful woman Lady Tremaine took control of my former lord's manor. I saw the depths of evil that lived inside her. And most importantly, I saw the girl you call Cinderella change from beloved daughter to fierce warrior. Before there was princes and love, there was heartbreak and war. My name's John and I was just a stable boy, but I was there and was able to chronicle The Tragic Tale of Cinderella.

Bird in the Golden Cage series by TatiaSamaelPetrova

What if dreams really could come true? What if fairy tales could come true? And you will become their main character? BOOK 1: How a bird learnt to love its golden cage (Completed) BOOK 2: How a bird burnt its golden cage (On hold) BOOK 3: How a bird run away and returned home (Coming one day) Once a girl named Aislinn had a strange dream. She dreamed that at night in the forest she met a fae prince who proposed to her. And she agreed. It was just a dream after all. We do crazy things in our dreams. Except it wasn't a dream at all. However, she found this out only when she woke up in a castle in a foreign land, surrounded by strange beings. And now the game of getting back into your life begins. Trapped in the Realm of the Faes, she tries to escape and the only way to do so is to defeat her fiancé, Prince Nathaniel, in three tasks assigned to them by the regents, who may want to kill them both. And that's not all. Everything is more complicated than it seems at first glance. And she is only about to find out. _________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATED EVERY MONDAY

THE FARAWAY LANDS OF OZ - Book One by alwaysbooked

[!!CW!! graphic depiction of violence, alcohol and drug abuse, mental health issues] "My eyes fooled me... This could not be what had happened... I felt the pressure build up in my throat, this uncomfortable sensation of holding back one's tears followed almost instantly after. The knife was sticking in father's throat, and he was gagging as the blood found its way into his lungs. I looked to the side and saw mother sobbing and fighting with the chains. Father could not be dead; dying." Oz, 2013. Right after the Evil Witch of the East is defeated and her sister driven away from the Emerald City, Glinda - the Good Witch of the South - has to find a way to get rid of the human before he disturbs the balance of the Faraway Lands and causes yet another cataclysm. Talking of the devil, Glinda is faced with just that and the disaster threatens to be Oz' downfall. She has to not only rely on her sister Aliyah but also on the Evil and Wicked Witch to deal with the problem. Together, they receive a chance for something rare: A new beginning. Yet as things unfold and countless tragedies hit the family, and their adventures progress, the identity of a puppet master operating in the shadows seems to become the only option for the cause of their suffering. Now that they are aware of the course of history known to humans and told by L. Frank Baum as the books about the Wizard of Oz, destiny holds ready a different outcome for the four witches...

Rowans Choice by SPenBooks

Completed ✨👸🏼 Born to the fairy elite, the royal line, next in line to take the crown, a queen to be announced on her next birthday, with her royal responsibilities and...one choice... only one... everything else has always been decided for her. "Who has Princess Rowan chosen to be her eternal mate?" A question, oh a question, It was already whittled down by the draw upon her birth, a family name picked at random, to keep this fairy line fair, hardly fair to the one picking, to do so from such a small pool of options. Luckily fairy families were large but as Rowan searched the faces in front of her, five brothers... all handsome, all rather eager to take the beautiful Princess's hand... it was the sister, stood to the left, observing, that caught Rowans eye and if she only got this one choice then it was clear. She had read the rules, many, many times, they clearly state to pick from the chosen families kin, sixteen years and over only, nothing on the gender, not that it had ever been done before but rules were rules and Rowan smirked as she let her choice roll over her tongue. She would choose the one thing her father would be most furious about but couldn't change, her choice, and no other fairy, king or not could change it. "Andromeda" she would announce, finger flexed toward her, and the entire kingdom would erupt in the great hall with shock, as Andromeda of the sky line, was pushed forward by her mother into the mix with her brothers. "Rowan" her father would curse "if you place that ring on her finger your line has ended... please rethink your choice" But Rowan didn't care... and Andy had called out to her long before now, the beautiful brunette with striking green eyes, a daring smile and a powerful magic that Rowan had long admired. And after all... it was Rowans choice... to hell with the rules. *I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR THIS BOOK TO BE COPIED, OR ADAPTED ON THIS PLATFORM, OR ANY OTHER, BY ANYONE ELSE* *Completed February 2023*

Once Upon a Time: EDITING by NylaraYtri

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The Thread Of Fate

"You need to understand this." He stepped closer, "I'm going to protect you Seraphina. Now and forever. Even if you choose to leave. You're someone I'm willing to die for so get it through your head." "Why?" I breathed. "Because I want to." He kissed my forehead, "and because I can." A king on the path of revenge and a girl running for her life. Can he protect her? Will she save him? Will they fall in love and have a happily ever after? Or does fate have other plans? This story is now completed 🎉 (it's the first draft though 🤫)