Onc2026 Stories

Maya Kingston has one rule this year: don't mess up. After a scandal nearly destroys her future, she transfers to Kimbell University determined to prove she's more than the reckless twin living in her brother's shadow. If she can raise her grades and keep her head down, her father might finally give her a place in the family empire. There's just one problem. Adam Lockhart. Brilliant. Isolated. An outcast. He's the rough among the diamonds and they always remind him. When the university assigns him as her tutor, Adam makes one thing clear: he doesn't tutor Kingstons. Maya quickly learns that at Kimbell, last names carry weight and some grudges run deeper than she ever imagined. Forced into each other's orbit, Maya and Adam collide in a war of pride, secrets, and dangerous attraction. Because the more she tries to prove she's changed, the more she realises that the past isn't done with her. And Adam might be the one person who won't let her forget it. He's broken in ways no one can see, and she's far too beautiful for him to scar Main Prompt: Prompt 46: We love broken, beautiful people. And it doesn't get more obviously broken and more classically beautiful than you. Other: Prompt 78: You begin to realise nothing is quite what it seems. *** Jedayo. ©2026.

When her office burns down an editor must work together with the most infuriating man alive or risk the promotion she's been working her entire career for. **** Chielozonam 'Elo' Williams is doing great. All things considered. It doesn't matter that the job she loves as editor at PerfectRomance, the publishing imprint she's been working at for the past five years has started to feel more like a chore these days. It doesn't matter that her judgemental father might be right about her wasting her life away by not using her full potential. What really matters is getting her dream promotion and enjoying the prime years of her youth. That is until the unthinkable happens. After Elo's office building burns down overnight she's forced to share an office with the one person that makes her blood boil: Connor Price. Archenemies since their days at college Connor makes getting under her skin an art form. He's brash and rude and irritates her like nobody else can with his scathing looks and contemptible behavior. It's not long before they're locked in a battle of wits, neither willing to back down or give up. When they have to work together to acquire a potentially lucrative manuscript, they are forced to put aside their long-standing animosity for an adventure that will blur the line between hate and desire until neither of them can tell where the fighting ends and the falling begins. PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION meets ANYONE BUT YOU meets THE HATING GAME in this contemporary rom-com about resilience, self-discovery and two sworn enemies who can't tell the difference between wanting to kiss or kill each other. Beautiful cover made by @ToWolfKin THIS NOVEL IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON WATTPAD AND INKITT. IF YOU ARE READING THIS ANYWHERE ELSE, PLEASE INFORM THE AUTHOR VIA WATTPAD, AS YOU MAY BE READING FROM A MIRROR SITE WHERE IT HAS BEEN PLAGIARIZED AND YOUR DEVICE MAY BE SUBJECTED TO A MALWARE ATTACK.

Ian has always had very vivid dreams that feel like memories. Seeing people she's never met before and even places she has never been to before. Her therapist told her that there are just dreams and not memories. She performances hypnosis to help her shut out her memories. But not all dreams have disappeared. The moment she arrives in a town called "Zoey." Upon her arrival, she continues to be mistaken for Anna. But the question is: Who is Anna?

ALIEN AMONG US is a small-town sci-fi novella filled with humor, heart, friendship, and enough secrets to make you wonder what-or who-might be hiding in plain sight. ************************************************************************ Entered into the Open Novella Contest 2026 | @OpenNovellaContest - Rules & Guidelines: here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/406004197-open-novella-contest-2026 **Main Prompt** 25. You live with four other housemates, but one of them is secretly an alien trying to learn how to act human. ©2026 E. S. Elias, All Rights Reserved. Book Created & Published to Wattpad: 02.01.2026 Book Marked as Completed: 00.00.2026 Book Cover: Me @DesignsbyEH Word Count: 2,222 / 20,000 Goals: ✔ Round 1 ✔ | 2,000 words ✔ | Round 2 ✔ | 8,000 words ✔ Round 3 _ | 20,000 words LONGLIST _ | SHORTLIST _ Round Winner? _ | Honorable Mention? _ | Ambassadors' Pick? _ Mentioned in Ambassador Newsletter _ Top-5 Winner? _ Rankings: #ONC2026: #ONC #2 02.03.2026

After the War of the Fractured Crowns, the kingdoms built Aurevane Academy; a gilded institution where royal heirs are trained in warfare, diplomacy, and control. No ruler would ever rise uncontested again. Athelia Payton Verdanor was never meant to attend. Hidden from the world as the secret daughter of a forgotten throne, she arrives as the first female heir in five decades, determined to reclaim what was stolen from her kingdom. Standing in her path are two princes: Lionel Lysander, the golden Light Prince beloved by all. And Mythias Vindex, the feared Dark Prince sworn as her enemy. Beneath Aurevane Academy lies a forbidden relic, when Athelia and Mythias destroy it, an ancient curse binds them. Their wounds mirror. Their fates entwine. The only way to break it? A true love's kiss. A cruel joke considering their souls are carved with the same vow: Better dead than yours. With kingdoms preparing for ascension and betrayal brewing in every corridor, Athelia must decide... End the curse. Or take the crown. Because in Aurevane, power is forged in gold. And love? Love might be the most dangerous weapon of all...

ONC2026 Short List/ Round 1 Embassadors Pick Summer Peterson and her best friend Whitney are both pulled into their unfinished script, a romanticized 1932 crime noir. In the script world Summer and Whitney are pulled apart. Though a series of accidents, Summer pulls an unconscious man into a shack. When he comes to he mistakenly thinks he's been kidnapped. He is none other than Sabastian Lorenzo the powerful Don of the Black Orchid Syndicate! So what does a frightened modern girl do when trapped in a 1932 crime word? She becomes a mafia boss herself! And she bootlegs too! Not whiskey, but modern movies turned into money making theater productions! She's not your average crime leader. And he's not your average villain. All Summer wants to do is find her friend Whitney and return home. Yet everytime she meets with Lorenzo, they cannot help but be drawn to each other. Romantic Comedy / Crime Noir / Meta‑Fiction

ONGOING! Couture Magazine: the most prestigious fashion publication in the world, where hemlines are sacred, deadlines are deadly, and the coffee runs are... surprisingly literal. Every intern who walks through those gleaming Manhattan doors dreams of landing a full-time position-complete with vision, dental (including twice-yearly cleanings), and an endless supply of designer clothes fresh off the runway. Sure, the demands from editors, photographers, and even the notoriously temperamental writers can be exhausting. But an intern's day at Couture is pretty ordinary, right? WRONG. Alcide Lancaster is about to discover that his summer internship working for the iconic-yet-terrifying Ellen Montclaire comes with a few... unexpected job requirements. Like why he and a select few employees-including the formidable Editor-in-Chief herself-are the only ones taking mandatory two-hour lunch breaks. Why his thirty-to-fifty-something coworkers look suspiciously athletic, eerily youthful, and are borderline obsessed with eyewear that definitely isn't just a fashion statement. And why A-list celebrities who stop by the Couture offices seem less interested in the magazine's latest cover shoot and oddly fascinated with Alcide himself. But most importantly... What does any of this have to do with Alcide's late family, their disturbingly narrow worldview, and the real reason they wanted him out of their lives forever? All excellent questions for a young man trying to survive a summer packed with Fashion Week chaos, superpowered coworkers who treat the office like their personal runway, and a boss who's less Anna Wintour and more fierce-but-loving grandmother. Between navigating new friendships, an unexpected romance, and enough secrets to fill an entire September issue, Alcide is about to learn that in the world of high fashion... Not everything is just an illusion.

William Grombo is a librarian who tries to forget the fact that he has super powers, but then he meets Kaya Ravens, who is just as obsessed with super heroes as he once was. But like William, Kaya hides a secret she doesn't want anyone to know.

Main Prompt: You discover that the dragon everyone fears is in danger, and you are the only one who can save it from the knight sworn to slay it. In the Empire of the Iron-ridge, humans are second class citizens. To shifters, humans are nothing more then a play toy which they can mend and break in whatever way they please to, leaving them to fend on the streets for nothing but crumbs. So when Cynder is tasked with infiltrating the palace of the grand emperor and killing the prince in exchange for a lifetime supply of her sister's medicine, she knows that this is the very moment she has been waiting for. Until the very first night is tainted with the hints of betrayal...because the moment her eyes meet Prince Aasim, something primal awakens in both of them. History is calling for a change between the shifters and the humans. The way of life between them must be rewritten, and Cynder might be the flame needed to burn down the old to make way for the new. But if she's not careful, all she's ever love will burn in the carnage left behind. .

One moment, Avery was the author. The next... she woke up inside her own novel. Her characters are alive. Her plot is wrong. And Aiden-the man she wrote to break hearts- is looking at her like she's his. The scariest part? She's no longer the one holding the pen. Every page pulls her deeper, every twist makes her question who's really writing the story-her, or something else entirely. And somewhere between fiction and reality, she'll have to decide... does she want to escape this world? Or rewrite it forever? [New chapter: Every week on Monday.]

A theater, a journal, and gossip. In the capital, time is never waiting for you to catch up... Esias is under pressure. Between his editor pushing him to find the scoop that will interest all the socialites and his mother pushing him to find a wife, he has no time to think about what really interests him: theatre. And this attractive actress won't give him any respite, on either side... Aloyse has always known that she would have to fend for herself. While her passion for acting has always pushed her to the forefront of the stage, behind the scenes, she knows that she must use cleverness to survive. But when her plan is derailed by a rival, she must redouble her efforts to win the favour of high society; and it seems that a certain journalist could help her... Infiltrate a ball to ruin a reputation? Between scheming, writing and dancing, their investigation will be no easy task. But will they find what they are looking for, even if it is not what they expected?

Chronicle of Nadhjra & Other Untold Stories Some legends are too small to become entire novels... Yet too important to be forgotten. Journey beyond the main saga of Infinite Fighters into a collection of hidden chronicles, forgotten origins, secret experiments, legendary weapons, ancient kingdoms, and untold adventures that shaped the world of Seona long before - and long after - the events of the main story. Discover how Karl Adrian took his first steps toward the impossible dream that would one day become Hyperstring Quantum Technology. Uncover forgotten histories surrounding Kael Adravion, Zedwan, Lysa, and many other heroes whose stories were never fully told. Every chapter reveals another piece of Seona's vast history... Some are legends. Some are memories. Some are secrets that were never meant to be discovered. Welcome to the hidden chronicles of Infinite Fighters untold stories. Also witness the immortal will of Nadhjra, the mysterious weapon that has lived through countless forms. A will that has lived countless lives, surviving every vessel and every war. From spear to katana, from shadows to legend, Nadhjra chooses only those worthy to wield her. A tales of silent endurance, judgment, and the last guardian who learns the meaning of true worth. Will she choose you?

" Once becoming a hero, never give up what's your potential" Yuna Suzuki, an ordinary girl who lives in a cities in Japan, every spring a flower blooms; until everything changed when an unfamiliar flower bloomed which created a portal to another world, She expected to die, but instead she was in a world where There's a power called a Quirk, which she didn't know, until she met a curly green haired with freckles name Izuku Midoriya, who was once Quirkless, until he inherited the One For All, what she didn't know that the world she entered, her quirk is to control can fire . She learnt that going to U.A will help her become a hero she always dreamt about. What happens when Suzuki faces real villains? Will She and Class 1A defeat them? Will she achieve her dreams and goals? (prompt 2 The first flower to bloom in spring isn't just a sign of the season changing. It's a portal. When you touch it, you're transported into a magical world you never knew existed. prompt 9 There's a knock on your door, and when you open it, your favorite animated character is standing there.) Made it in the longlist for the ONC

Everyone on campus loves him. He's polite, brilliant, effortlessly beautiful-the kind of person professors remember and strangers trust. He has friends everywhere, confidence I envy, and a life that seems painfully easy to exist inside. Except when I walk into the room. For reasons I don't understand, I'm the only person he treats with icy distance. Glares instead of smiles. Sharp words instead of kindness. And the harder I try to ignore it, the more it gets under my skin. I came to college on a soccer scholarship, but soccer isn't my dream. Law is. Politics is. I've worked too hard to let anyone make me feel like I don't belong here. What I don't know is that he remembers me. From a childhood I barely recall. From a moment I never thought twice about. From a sentence that ruined everything. And now, in Law school, I'm doing it all over again, without even knowing it. *ONC ROUND 3 QUALIFIER, ROUND 2 AMBASSADORS PICK*

🏆 ONC 2026 Honorable Mention 🏆 ''Nothing is what it seems in dreams.'' In the depths of a dark and twisted forest, Aris, crown prince of Lancaster, is tormented by recurring nightmares of the Tainted--monstrous creations of the black fae, a corrupting force that seeps into all who live within its woods. Relentlessly hunted in the dreams, he finds unexpected aid from a mysterious girl named Elara, and with her help he is able to elude the creatures each time, breaking free from the nightmare's clutches. But when Aris is wounded by one of the Tainted, the line between dream and reality begins to blur. When a weapon deadly to the black fae appears in his grasp from the dream, Aris and his sisters--Tamryn, Maeve, Maeril, and Aine--must race against time and his failing health to uncover the ancient truth behind the forest's curse, or face the imminent threat of the black fae and its vengeful master, the guardian of the dark forest, Erebus Nocturne. ✧☽ ✧ ☼ ✧ ☽ ✧ Cover design by Aravis Brightspell ✧☽ ✧ ☼ ✧ ☽ ✧ If you are reading this story on any platform other than Wattpad, you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack and reading a plagiarized copy of my work. If you wish to read this story in its original, safe form, please go to https://www.wattpad.com/user/Aravis-Brightspell.

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When the big, bad dragon meets his match, he's forced to do something no dragon has ever done before--find help. And with enigmatic knight Sir Crispin de Harriff-Scarnley hot on his scaled heels, it's science--in the unlikely form of humble and slightly sozzled apothecary student Alyx--he turns to as his saviour. Naturally, Alyx is appalled--knights are good and dragons are bad, right? Everyone knows that. But as he fights to save first his skin and then the dragon's hide, he'll discover that when it comes to concepts such as good vs bad, magic vs science, and nature vs 'progress', the choices aren't always as obvious as he might think. And he'll do it while dodging spells, grappling with gryphons, negotiating hangovers and, perhaps scariest of all, confronting his classmate crush. Meanwhile, in the background, a sinister figure looms...

Ending cut up as a broken piece to discard of is probably noones go-to-job-perspective. But Anthony had no other option. However, despite the lacking trust, the actual betrayal feels worse than being electrocuted. Hurts like a bitch, since you probably don't know. He's no super human. But he is determind to put a stop to the rule of heros who think honor and respect makes them a good person. And thanks to a little fox who had nothing better to do than bring chaos and havoc upon society, Anthony may rise again. Not as the fucked up puppet of a soldiers, but as the demon who tramples pride and fame like one would a bug on the floor. But the human psyche is no joke. Will he really have it in himself to go through or will his sanity crumble before the world does? This humble narrator will show you, Blunt, emotionally, graphic. prompt for onc2026: 45."Kings have Honor, soldiers are brave, poets have Heart, all I have is rage!" ~ Naethan Apollo If chapter 1 is upsetting, try to keep Reading. Give my bumpy start a try, please?(⁠─⁠.⁠─⁠|⁠|⁠） >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>!¡!¡<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< I'm german, means, capital letters in the middle of the sentence are accidental most of the time. I'll try to keep it low though. Also, any misspelling can be called upon, i'll fix it in given time. As for the Story, rights to story are mine. Picture is from pinterest, more of a place holder until I start creating my own covers (might take years ┐⁠(⁠'⁠ー⁠｀⁠)⁠┌)

Luna Thalorin lives a simple life as a shepherd in the quaint town of Everfall, sandwiched between the mountains and the river. Her world shatters when her mother goes missing, entwined with the enigmatic Founder, the town's mythical creator. Her fractured path intersects with Crown Prince Soren Falstaff, who also vanishes under the same mysterious circumstances as her mother. Banished to the forest with her brother, Luna must confront the mountains that hold the secrets of her family and the prince. Their quest leads them up perilous paths, where magic is both a guide and a trap. On top of that, the bioluminescent wolves, the Founder's choice of guards, run rampant through the forest, constantly on their trail. Captured by the Founder, Luna discovers many shocking truths and horrifying secrets. As Luna battles the Founder's dark magic, she fights for her mother, her name, and the heart of a prince. All those years ago, when her mother disappeared, Luna was the only one who saw the mountains cry. And she is the only one who can help. --- ONC 2026, PROMPT #16: "And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." John Muir

Prompt #109 A professor realises a student's mystery stories mirror real missing persons cases in town and the newest one points to them. ****** A record-breaking winter shuts down Massachusetts. Classes move online. Roads ice over. And people begin to disappear. Emma Remington studies narrative ethics at an elite college where crime is discussed as theory. Her professor encourages all students to be creative. Emma delivers until her writing starts aligning too closely with real events unfolding beyond campus. What begins as an academic exercise becomes something else entirely. As missing persons cases multiply and the storm isolates the town, Emma is forced to confront a question she's spent her life avoiding: when does observation become complicity? And what happens when the wrong person is paying attention?