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fiction historical pinocchio retelling teen

Enter the estate of Master Mangiafuoco in Italy, 1879. 17-year old Penelope is one of twelve young ballerinas who lives and trains at the Grande Teatro finishing school housed here. It's the only life that Penny has ever known. Until it isn't. Flashes of conflicting memories and glimpses of a time before the estate convince Penny that everything here is not as it seems. Cricket, the kitchen boy who might be the love that Penny has forgotten, tries to help Penny escape the fantasy of Grande Teatro in search of reality-her true family and freedom. But at every turn, the Master stops her, keeping her afraid and constrained, controlling her mind and her heart, pulling the STRINGS.All Rights Reserved

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Legend High by flipflopjrb

My name is Elizabeth Scarlet but really I'm the Blue Fairy! Yes the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio and yeah I did turn him into a real boy but I am not some old lady! I'm a 17 year old girl and I go to Legend High School with all the other legends like Peter Pan, Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Bloody Mary......I think you get the point. Every single legend you can think of goes to my school. Also I don't just belong to the story of Pinocchio I'm the greatest legend there is. I control all the other legends! I'm in the cheif chick in charge of everybody. Apparently. Cause really I don't remember any of it! I have amnesia or so everybody tells me I do and I have to remember who I am before something bad happens. It's just what if I like who I am not being the Blue Fairy. What if I like being plain old Elizabeth Scarlet. Then what?

Dirty Law by BurtonBridge04

Penelope Featherington is graduating from Oxford and after a long six years of ruthless studies (and hardly any decent sex) she finds herself at a loss with substandard men who are lacking in the 'satisfaction' requirements. However, when she gets a call regarding a new job opening that seems perfect for her, things seem to be looking up... But after a night in a swanky new club in London, she finds herself in a rather peculiar situation as the man who completely blew her mind last night is sitting opposite her in the hiring chair. Oops - that old (Sleeping with the boss but didn't know he was your boss) trope. This is a Penthony story - do not read if you do not like this ship. It is a one shot right now; however I may continue in future.

Flavor of the Month by DaenyelRegal

Penelope Striker was used to chasing dreams with her feet firmly planted on the ground-or, more often, up on pointe. She had simple goals: find ballet shoes that matched her skin tone, maybe teach dance in an exotic corner of the world. But life pirouetted off course when she crossed paths with Gunnar Severin, the rugged, enigmatic leader of a notorious motorcycle club. Gunnar was everything she wasn't looking for: twice her age, intimidatingly sharp-edged, and with a reputation as dangerous as it was alluring. As Penelope is drawn deeper into his world, she finds herself caught in a high-stakes tango between passion and risk. But can they bridge the vast divide between a ballet studio and the backroom of a biker bar? What begins as a brief infatuation unfolds into a raw, unexpected love story about finding belonging in the least likely of places and learning that love can be both fierce and tender.

Echo Kyriakos by staleydm01

Imagine being a rebellious ballerina, about to discover she's not fully human and about to go through quite a magical transformation Olivia is 13 and from Aspatria, Cumbria and when her cousin visits from Athens, her life is turned into chaos and she doesn't need a distraction from a dance recital, school is the distraction to everything. 1 day Echo who is 15; is out swimming and loses the bangle on her wrist that keeps her fully human, within seconds Echo has lost her legs grown a tail and starts to unleash very out of control dark magic and this change will happen every time she gets even a drip of liquid onto her skin. Ballerina Olivia takes longer to know what she really is but it all comes to light when she wakes up 1 morning and gets a tingling in her back and before long some beautiful wings start to grow and even though her life has changed she still wants to be a ballerina and when she's an adult she'll be at Juilliard and prove to her family she never needed academics to fall back on. This is just the start of the chaos as both have to handle school without being considered as freaks, not like the diva ballerina considers needing education when there's dance but she must keep up with her popularity and even though her life has changed she still wants to be a ballerina and when she's an adult she'll be at Juilliard and prove to her family she never needed academics to fall back on.

Met By Chance, Stayed By Choice. by Satan_I_Guess

Tyler joseph is a quiet 16 year old boy living alone in small apartment. He was homeschooled up until he turned 15 when his family was tragically killed in a car crash while he was attending piano practice. Since then he'd pretty much been living off of welfare and his parents life insurance, getting by penny by penny and barely leaving the small enclosure. He'd become extremely depressed since the accident. His very few friends who he once yearned to see constantly, were barely ever around anymore. And by now he'd quit all schooling and gave up with it all. He was done with this life. Josh dun is a 16 year old boy who'd been living away from home since he was 14 when his parents kicked him out. They didn't have enough money to support him and themselves. But he was just a kid with a dead end minimum wage job. And eventually it wasn't enough. He got fired for showing up late on his fifteenth birthday. With no where else to turn, he went into prostitution. Selling the only thing he had left so he'd have a place to call home. He had hit rock bottom. But still he kept a positive attitude and fought through the negative thoughts and horrible events that clouded his young life. Today was Tyler's birthday and he was annoyed as much as he was surprised to hear his cell phone ring loudly at 12 am beside him on his nightstand.He briskly picked up to hear one of his old friends on the phone and more voices he recognized in the background. He was bombarded by voices all sending the same message: happy birthday, be ready by 6 because we're all coming over. The line went down and Tyler groaned as he showered, got dressed, and then binge watched pretty little liers till there was a knock at the door. He got up and opened it with a slightly annoyed glance as he noticed an unfamiliar face. "Who's that?" he muttered inviting everyone in one by one. Even the purple haired fellow he didn't quite know yet. "Him? Oh, hes part of your present. He's a prostitite." he snickered.

Beauty and the Beast (a modern fairytale re-telling) by megabee33

Carmen had always found her life as a daughter of an antique shop owner to be ordinary and adventure-less. Almost all of the members in her town think she's odd and the richest man in town wants to marry her, but she wants something else. One evening on a business trip she and her father get lost in an old almost abandoned castle. However they are not welcomed and the beast who lives there let's them know that right away. Carmen begs for her fathers freedom and the beast allows him to live if his only daughter agrees to live the rest of her life in this castle with the beast. Carmen agrees to live with the beast in his castle and as time goes on she begins to realize that this castle and the beast himself are not all that seem to be. Will Carmen find away to help the beast and in doing so will she come to love the beast and all that his...? Find out... Started: March 26, 2017 Finished: May 1, 2017

The mob by JrAndCharlie

Penelope Young is changing schools and meets interesting people there. Everything seems to be going great for her until she gets a letter from the last person she would want to contact her. Her father. Penelope never wanted to forgive him for leaving her and her mother alone. But when his warnings turn true she can't do anything other than wanting him back in her life. Not only him but the help of the mafia he left them to lead. After finally accepting her father back she gets reunited with a bunch of people she had long forgotten, but not by her own will.

The Wallflower by Polin1824

After a night of wonder under flowers and fireworks, Penelope Featherington thought she was on top of the world. Things seemed to go perfectly for once in her life. Until, her best friend discovers something she's been hiding for years. And to top it all off she overhears a conversation she was never meant to hear. And for the first time in her life Penelope truly feels like she's alone in the world. Penelope must look inside herself and decide once and for all if she will continue her usual wallflower ways or if it's time for her to step into the spotlight and claim the life she has always dreamed of having. Colin Bridgerton was, in his own estimation, perfectly happy being single. He enjoyed the occasional dance with the beautiful debutantes and his charming ways lead him to be quite a flirt. However he knew deep down it meant nothing. He was not in search of a wife, in fact he wasn't even ready to entertain the idea of finding one. He did however find himself involved in a rather deep and genuine friendship with one, Miss Penelope Featherington. But when his own foolish remarks threaten to ruin there relationship forever, he must decide whether he can let her go or if there is maybe something he hadn't seen in her before. Could Prince Charming (or rather Mr. Charming) truly set aside his rakish ways for one wallflower? Or will the secrets she's hiding tear them even farther apart? What happens when a wallflower blossoms?

The Girl He Had To Marry- An Arranged Marriage Story by Semper-Ubi-Sub-Ubi

**COMPLETED AND EDITING** A man was murdered in his home, leaving only his daughter Penelope Marshall. He was a power-hungry, company-owning man that can barely be called a father. After Penelope's mother left, her father preferred fists and harsh words over hugs and comforting words. For ten years, Penny was trapped under her father's heel. Her only joy coming from performing in local theater. After his murder, she thought she was free, finally able to live her life how she wanted. Until she learned of her father's will on the day of his funeral. She has to marry a random person, the CEO of a company she has never heard of. She is forced to move to New York and marry into the Romano family. Unfortunately, the man she has to marry, Quentin Romano, is beyond stubborn and vowed to make his young woman's life impossible. Penny is forced to navigate a new city, a declining mental health, an absent husband, a new job, and a murder mystery. Maybe even love.

Yellow by Angel0624

Penny's life is one of chaos, violence, and hatred, and it all started with her birth. In the world of the 1800's Paris with a Catholic mother, anything seen as abnormal is deemed demonic. A genius, soprano, artist, and kind soul; Penny is stupefying! However, she shunned for her strange physique by most, even those close to her. Follow her life as she faces discrimination, heartbreak, ignorance, and hysteria, in a novel which shows that love cannot conquer all--but it can most certainly help.

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Legend High

My name is Elizabeth Scarlet but really I'm the Blue Fairy! Yes the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio and yeah I did turn him into a real boy but I am not some old lady! I'm a 17 year old girl and I go to Legend High School with all the other legends like Peter Pan, Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Bloody Mary......I think you get the point. Every single legend you can think of goes to my school. Also I don't just belong to the story of Pinocchio I'm the greatest legend there is. I control all the other legends! I'm in the cheif chick in charge of everybody. Apparently. Cause really I don't remember any of it! I have amnesia or so everybody tells me I do and I have to remember who I am before something bad happens. It's just what if I like who I am not being the Blue Fairy. What if I like being plain old Elizabeth Scarlet. Then what?