Ashes Of Ardell ||ONC 2026

Dragons haven't been seen for a decade.

No one knows that better than me.

I survived the war.

I have the scar, and the silver eye, to prove it.

Now my biggest problems should be staying awake in science class, surviving Alyssa's latest "experiments," and beating Wystan in a sword fight every week.

That was the plan.

Until I saw a dragon.

And then everything I thought I knew

About the war...
About my family...
About our kingdom...

-began to burn.

Now I'm forced to question the story I was raised on.
The history I defended.
The loyalty I swore.
The memories I feared.

Because if the dragons weren't the monsters...

Then who was?

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Open Novella Contest 2026

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Prompts:

1. Two rivals discover they are the chosen heirs to a legendary weapon that will activate if they work together.

4.You discover the dragon everyone fears is in danger and you are the only one who can save it from the knight sworn to slay it.