Rogue Deck Ritual | ONC 2025

After a hit and run with a football player, Ella is transported into the magic academy dating sim she had been playing... In the body of the game's villainess, Venus Velitchkova-an illusion mage student who may as well be an ice queen as far as the rest of the academy is concerned. Ella wants her own body back, but in order to do that she'll have to survive Maksiam's Mage Academy long enough to find it... and whoever might be using it in her stead. And in order to do that, she'll have to discover what it means to be Maksiam's prima donna and what magical conspiracy all those glamour spells might be hiding.

Written for the Open Novella Contest 2025
My main prompts are:
25. You're not the shy, bookish girl who bumps into the star athlete and wins his heart. No, you're his girlfriend - the blonde, confident cheerleader destine to be the cliche ex. But this time, you're rewriting history and taking control of your story.
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67. A trading card game company creates real-life versions of their creatures. What started as fun and games quickly spirals into something far more dangerous.