Black Feathers
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- Parts 11
Ongoing54m
Last published Mon, Mar 14, 2016
Germany, Berlin. 1538
It was a cold morning in Germany. Christmas was in 3 days and all the children were excited to get their presents. It was a day where everyone was putting up their Christmas trees, making cookies, and wrapping presents. Children inside making hot cocoa with their parents and singing many songs. The only person that was outside was Nalani. She was 9 years old. She was outside crying because her parents died from a fire and she had nowhere to go. She was sitting in the snow screaming for her parents. Her mother asked her to go fetch some firewood for their fire but when she came back the house was on fire. She saw her parents on fire dying inside but the door was locked. She felt hopeless and couldn't help them. All she could do was scream for them. Every person that came by tried to help her but she screamed for them to go away. She felt her heart crumble away and die inside of her. Once she fell asleep on the snow something picked her up. It was a bird. Not just any bird, an angel. Wait, it was a human with wings. It was a boy with beautiful wings. She didn't know where they were going but all she saw was a bright light and him.
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Haunted (EDITING)
February 7th 2009 I couldn't take my eyes off the fire. No. I tried to yell. But words wouldn't come. I didn't see what caused the fire all I knew was my parents were both in there. And David. I reminded myself reluctantly. David. My best friend, my brother. He and I used to do everything. When I was five we prmoised each other that we'd die together, holding hands without a tear of regret. That's David, always so brave. I just never thought it would come to this. I stood eyeing the flames swallow my family. I took a gulp of air and relaxed my muscles. I blocked out the sirens and the cries and the sound of fire blazing. I was ready. I would face death with David without a tear of regret. I walked towards the flames. That was the last thing I remembered before I died. Jude has lost everything. Her family, her home and her life. After giving up so many times she meets Alex Orgesu, mysterious, creepy and totally gorgeous. What happens when two broken teens start to heal each other?Complete
Shattered
Fear is all Luna Gray has known, ever since her parents abandoned her in the dark forest at age eight. Every weather change makes her jump, every noise makes her scream, and every animal that crosses her path makes her kill. All hope is gone, replaced by torment and loss. She doesn't know where home is and she doesn't know how to get back. Not that her parents would want her anyways. Now at age seventeen Luna's grown up and she's made the forest her home, but still every noise heard causes her to tense, to make her believe that she is not alone and really she isn't alone. There are creatures crawling the forest ground. Creatures that Luna can't fight off on her own. Creatures that should not even be humanly possible. She has the really bad feeling that someone or something is with her more of a fear that their is something out there watching her and waiting for her to make a bad move and sadly enough her fear of that comes true and she never saw it coming, at least not this way.Complete
THE FORBIDDEN, HIDDEN ROMANCE
Sarah who had secret crush but still decided to stay friends with Chris. The fate rewrote her life, she moved away and returns after 6 years... No contact with her friends., nobody knows the mystery behind her disappearance. She always believed deep within that nobody understood her, but, Chris, he held on to her sorrows, consoled and protected her. Her return was something nobody expected. They were surprised seeing her no one knew anything but were gladly rejoiced in her return. She had a plan whereas fate and her life choices for her loved ones decided to give a twist in her life. Her story was not just one of love and friendship, but of mystery, resilience, and the quiet power of a woman who had returned on her own terms. Her eyes held stories untold, her presence demanded attention, and her choices would change lives forever. This is her world, her journey, her view. Step into it-and discover a tale where nothing is as it seems, and where the past is only the beginning of a storm that will touch every heart it encounters.Complete
Before the Answers | ✓
[COMPLETE] Every year on her birthday, Ahana opens a list. A list of questions. Some are silly. Some are sharp. Some feel like wounds pressed too hard. She answers the ones she can. She rewrites the ones that changed. And she adds more questions - because life never stops demanding answers. Because growing up doesn't come with closure. Because some questions linger year after year, waiting. ****** Ahana was always the girl with big dreams, perfect grades, and the kind of ambition that made adults smile and other teenagers step back. But at seventeen, she makes a choice no one expected. Not even herself. She walks into classrooms that don't inspire her, laughs with people who don't know her, and stares at the ceiling at 2 a.m., wondering if this is all she'll ever be. There are toxic friendships that drain her, and boys who don't stay. There's guilt for not loving someone back. And heartbreak from someone who couldn't choose her. There are late-night breakdowns, and moments of insane happiness. And always - always - there's the list. Through it all, Ahana keeps writing. Because the questions still matter. Because she's still trying to become the girl her seventeen-year-old self believed in. 'Before the Answers' is not a story of perfection. It's a story of almosts, quiet strength, and learning to be okay with not having all the answers.Complete
SURVIVING MY FATE
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Still, She Hoped
She's a girl with a hopelessly romantic heart-someone who's always believed in soulmates, late-night talks, and love that feels like home. But reality hasn't been kind. Time after time, she's been cheated on, left to pick up the pieces of promises broken and dreams torn apart. Still, she holds onto hope, even when it hurts. Then, just when she's about to give up on love entirely, someone new enters her life. Unexpected. Gentle. Different. For the first time in a long while, she dares to believe again. She lets herself fall. And just when her heart begins to feel safe, he breaks it too-leaving her more lost than ever. She's a hopeless romantic-someone who's always dreamed of deep, lasting love, the kind that feels like fate and fills every quiet space in her heart. But life hasn't followed the script she imagined. She's been cheated on more times than she can count, each betrayal carving a deeper wound, each lie dimming the light inside her. Still, she keeps hoping. Her mind is a storm-racing thoughts, endless questions, memories she can't escape. Why wasn't she enough? Will anyone ever stay? She tries to make sense of the chaos, holding onto that small, fragile thread of belief that love is still out there. Then someone new arrives-unexpected and warm, just different enough to make her believe that maybe, just maybe, things will be different this time. She opens her heart again. She lets herself feel. But the pattern repeats. He leaves. And the pain hits harder, because this time she truly thought it would last. Now, with too much on her mind and a heart full of silent screams, she stands at the edge of hope and heartbreak, still wishing-against all odds-that real love will find her. "She believed in love, even after being broken again and again. With a mind full of storms and a heart full of cracks, she still hoped someone would choose to stay."
The mirror always lies
For readers who have felt lost, numb, or like they didn't belong-Mira's story is for you "Some days, the mirror is the worst place I know. Other days, it's where I disappear." Mira is seventeen, and every morning feels like war. With her body. With her mind. With the silence that fills her room when no one's watching. Struggling with depression, anxiety, and body dysmorphia, Mira has perfected the art of pretending. But when the weight of everything begins to crack through her carefully built mask, she meets people who start to see her-really see her. And that's when the healing begins. Quietly. Messily. Unforgivingly. A raw, lyrical story about self-destruction, first love, and the slow, stubborn fight to believe you're enough.Complete
Even the Stars Forgot Her Name.
Even the Stars Forgot Her Name She wasn't trying to disappear. It just started happening-one forgotten moment at a time. At seventeen, Haley feels like the world has quietly moved on without her. She goes to school, she comes home, she scrolls through life like it's happening to someone else. Her parents are always too busy, her old friends have new lives, and no one seems to notice how quiet she's become-or how much it hurts. She used to dream big. Now she just dreams of being seen. Then one night, in a haze of insomnia and scrolling, Haley finds an anonymous online forum where people share the things they're too scared to say out loud. And something about their pain-the raw honesty, the way it mirrors her own-pulls her in. As the nights stretch on and the stars stay silent, Haley starts to connect with others who feel like ghosts in their own lives. In their stories, she finds flickers of light. Maybe she isn't invisible. Maybe she isn't broken beyond repair. Maybe being lost doesn't mean you'll never be found. This is a quiet, aching story about loneliness, unseen pain, and the fight to remember who you are-especially when the world forgets.Complete
Space and Time / complete
Ruthie lives in a world where everything is normal, as normal as it can get. However, a tragic car accident caused her to stop aging and enter a two hundred year coma. When doctors and scientists that have been studying her case for generations finally figure out how to release her from said coma, everything is different. No more gasoline powered cars, just electric cars that hover in the air instead of drive on the road with wheels. No more sidewalks, just tubes with moving floors and stairs. The culture shock is enormous for Ruthie. She's trapped in a world beyond her time, in a body far younger than her conscience, surrounded by technology far more advanced than her own. The only thing unchanged about her world is herself and the hospital room around her. The room never changed, through all those years. Same life machine, same bed, same chairs, same windows. Considering two hundred years had passed, it was no surprise the room had been moved. For now their were nuances of difference in the room. When the window was open to let fresh air in, it didn't smell of the ocean breeze. And Nurse Farrah no longer came, for she was long dead. Everyone that Ruthie knew was dead, her mother, her father, her sisters, her brothers, her grandparents, her friends, her pets. Upon waking, Ruthie is introduced to Reuben, a boy of many stories. He is assigned as her guide, teaching her about the culture she must now live in. He makes sure she doesn't get lost, and shows her the new world. Literally one cuss word. Get over it. I do not own any of the pictures, they were all pulled off of the internet and the credit goes to the respective artists/photographers.Complete
Where the Storm Found Us ( Daniela Avanzini x FemReader)
The story opens with the storm. Daniela is trapped in it, soaked, trembling, and lost in panic. Her fear of rain isn't just about the car crash, though. There's another hidden truth tied to that night: someone was there when it happened. Someone she never forgot. You. Back then, you were just a kid too, standing by helplessly as the accident unfolded. You saw the wreck, saw the flashes of ambulance lights, saw Daniela being pulled away screaming for her parents. You never knew her name, but that memory has stayed buried in you for years, etched into the sound of rain. Unlike her, you grew to love it, because it made you feel close to that memory, close to the girl who survived. Now, years later, in the middle of a storm, you stumble upon her again without realizing it at first. The curly-haired girl curled into herself, shaking in the downpour, it's her. The very same girl from that night. When you approach, she doesn't recognize you. To her, you're just a stranger. But something about her face, her eyes, snaps you back to that rainy night long ago. The plot unfolds with this haunting question: what if the person you were destined to meet was someone whose pain you had already witnessed, without either of you knowing fate would pull you together again? As the story moves forward, you're torn between telling her the truth, that you were there the night her life shattered, or keeping it hidden so she doesn't see you as part of the trauma. The rain then becomes more than fear or comfort, it's the thread that's always tied you both together. ❗❗PAUSED❗❗
February 7th 2009 I couldn't take my eyes off the fire. No. I tried to yell. But words wouldn't come. I didn't see what caused the fire all I knew was my parents were both in there. And David. I reminded myself reluctantly. David. My best friend, my brother. He and I used to do everything. When I was five we prmoised each other that we'd die together, holding hands without a tear of regret. That's David, always so brave. I just never thought it would come to this. I stood eyeing the flames swallow my family. I took a gulp of air and relaxed my muscles. I blocked out the sirens and the cries and the sound of fire blazing. I was ready. I would face death with David without a tear of regret. I walked towards the flames. That was the last thing I remembered before I died. Jude has lost everything. Her family, her home and her life. After giving up so many times she meets Alex Orgesu, mysterious, creepy and totally gorgeous. What happens when two broken teens start to heal each other?
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