Countdown Stories

Just something on my soul

Lila never believed in predictions-until the app LifeMap told her exactly when she would make a mistake. At first, it seemed harmless, but soon friends vanished, strangers acted strangely, and every choice felt controlled. Now, Lila must uncover the secret behind LifeMap before it predicts a fate she can't escape-and discovers that some algorithms aren't just smart... they're deadly.

On Elena Chen's fortieth birthday, a number appears on her palm: [30]. Thirty chances. Thirty memories. Thirty opportunities to understand why every relationship she's ever had has ended the same way-with her running. A mysterious painting arrives showing six panels across six centuries. All with her face. And a man named Adrian who claims he's been waiting six hundred years for her to wake up. Each memory costs her. Each time she chooses fear over love, the countdown drops. When it reaches zero, she'll forget everything and repeat the cycle. Forever. But if she chooses to remember-if she faces every moment of cowardice across six lifetimes-the price isn't hers to pay. It's his. *Kintsugi: the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold.* *Some scars aren't meant to be hidden.* *Some scars are meant to shine.* 🏆 Entry for Open Novella Contest 2026 | Prompt #53 Content Warning: Mature themes including death across timelines, emotional patterns, LGBTQ+ relationships (historical period), war trauma (WWII), and discussions of obsessive behavior. Recommended for readers 16+.

Every risk is worth it - when it leads you home." They were the world's most brilliant criminals. Four minds, one impossible mission - to steal Napoleon Bonaparte's legendary crown from the most secure museum in Europe. Ethan Hale, the cold and calculating mastermind. Adrian Cross, the smooth-talking tech genius. Mia Torres, the daring strategist. Claire Voss, the fearless infiltrator. Their plan was flawless. Their escape - legendary. But no one could predict what came next. Hiding in India under false identities, the thieves begin new lives - until fate collides with destiny. Ethan meets Riya Sharma, a fiery, unpredictable woman who challenges his every instinct and steals the one thing he swore was untouchable: his heart. As passion turns into love and danger turns into destiny, Ethan and Riya's world spirals into chaos and beauty alike. From high-speed chases to secret empires, from stolen jewels to stolen hearts, Lauren's Thief is a breathtaking tale of danger, love, and redemption. Because sometimes, the greatest heist of all... is finding a place to belong. A story of brilliance, betrayal, and boundless love - from the shadows of crime to the light of family.

Summary: Po is starting to get the hang of being the Valley of Peace's new teacher following the defeat of Kai. But although he's learned the key to bettering both new and old students, being the Great Dragon Teacher is still going to come with some hard curveballs. This story will be published weekly as a countdown to Kung Fu Panda 4 which will air March 8, 2024. <actually finished on {insert date} because I mentally couldn't write for a while>

In the magical town of Amorville, the only thing more dangerous than falling in love is failing to. With Valentine's Day approaching and a curse counting down to eternal loneliness, Sandhya has fourteen days to find a soulmate - or be branded unlovable forever. Desperate times call for forbidden measures, forcing her to bend the rules of fate before the last petal drops. Fourteen days, fourteen illegal spells to win the heart of one perfect, pre-approved golden boy - destined by magic and allegedly impossible to mess up. But when each spell comes with a twisted consequence, glitching her fairytale romance into a spiral of glittery disasters and public humiliations, she finds herself pulled into the orbit of a grumpy, enigmatic shopkeeper who seems to know the dark price of a magically manufactured 'happily ever after' a little too well. As the magic starts to fade, Sandhya realises the true cost of her crime. Because when the clock strikes twelve on Valentine's Day, she won't just lose her final chance at love - she'll become the warning story everyone tells about the expiry of a soulmate spell.

A collection of my top 5 favorite (or least favorite) anything. Anything from the best of animation to the worst of live action, there's a top 5 for almost anything. Also all list are my personal opinion, if you think otherwise, your aloud to, I don't control your life, that's your parents job.

The last thing you remember was how bright everything was. It took a little while for you to determine that you died. You looked for anyone you could recognize who could help you. But there was no one, and time seemed to be running out for you; You were beginning to fade away. If only you could find someone you knew...

Inside this book, is every poem I've written in the past year. Which people apparently love to read. Give it a try if you want, but this is how i survived most days and it means a lot to me. Inside you'll read poems I've shown to friends and poems I have only shown one other person. I'm putting my heart (literally. no seriously literally don't drop it now) in your hands.

Sachairi Sea Otter is a lifelong fan of a game show called Countdown. A huge one, too. In fact, it's been said that it is the bane of his existence. So when one day, when his favorite show isn't on the telly, Sach finds himself on the mend from boredom... until a certain daydream seems to get him out of it. An Octonauts/Countdown crossover. Countdown airs every weekday at 3:10pm GMT, on Channel 4 in the UK.

Every day, I will publish a page telling how many days until the Desolation of Smaug is released on December, 13,2013. The page will also have a fun fact related to Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, or a story! And now, every time you comment, answer a question, or earn a dedication, you earn points, and the winner receives anything they ask for on wattpad, whether it be a dedication, or just the glory and honor. So, come on in! Our hearts are open and our eyes are filled with joy as you join us in the wait for The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug! Credit for the idea to @theamazingsapphire, so check her out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ That being said: Sapphire: You can't even begin to claim that all of the ideas on both Days to the desolation of smaug and Countdown to there and back again are original. You did steal almost every last idea of mine. I DID NOT directly plagiarize you. I came up with the points, I had the idea to update periodically, and you even mimicked my first description of this. You copied MY idea for the facts for each day (or week). This makes you a hypocrite. And I can prove it. Look at the day I published this by scrolling over the bottom of the cover on this story. You may need to go to the first update for this. Now look at the first quiz(called "quiz time! XD) in "days to the desolation of smaug". The day I published this countdown is four or five days earlier. We both know that "days to the desolation of smaug" was originally only the first update, and that's it.

Evelyn Park wakes up in a luxury hotel with one impossible notification on her phone: RESET IN: 71:59:58. No explanation. No warning. Just a countdown-plus a second message: PROTOCOL ACTIVE. DO NOT INTERFERE. At first, she thinks it's a prank. A hack. A glitch. Then a stranger repeats the same line twice... and someone texts her about an object she hasn't shown anyone. Now Evelyn is trapped inside a system that learns, adapts, and punishes curiosity, and the more she fights it, the more the loop fights back. Because the Protocol isn't just resetting time. It's recruiting. And Evelyn might be the door it's been waiting for.

Paisley Crawford is an ordinary 17 year old who works as a Janitor at an arena in London, Just when she thinks that her job could not possibly get more boring, a British-Irish boy band named One Direction is at the arena everyday for the week rehearsing for their concert on Friday night. To everyone out there, there seems to be no harm in the building, but Paisley gets sent on a once in a life time mission to find a hidden explosive that can be a major harm to all, but she only has one week to figure out where is it located and who is behind this evil plan. Nobody can be trusted not even the boys themselves. Will Paisley find the explosive and save everyone from getting harmed or will it be too late?

-on hold- Today I met my soulmate. Today I lost my soulmate. Today I found her. Today I died. The ability to control time may be a gift to some but for Aspen Reynolds its anything but. His family line has been cursed with the knowledge that their true love will die within a time frame. But after finding his true love Aspen decides he will go to whatever length to save her from her destined fate. Even if it means going against time. This is not a neatly packaged romance with a quick and easy happily ever after. This is a love story, with all the pain and loss real life entails.

-I'm not sure when, but it's coming. I'll be ready, I'm ready. I'll embrace it and forget everything.- Just a little trigger warning; this story will contain topics such as mental disorders and suicide. Some of the events in the story are loosely based on experience. Also to explain the timer that'll be used: 01:02:03:04 The section with 1 signifies how many days are left 2 signifies hours 3 signifies minutes 4 signifies seconds I'll be using military time to show the time of day so it's easier for me to calculate the timer. Don't pay too much attention to it though. I put too much thinking into each time whenever I write an entry. The chapters are intended to be kinda short, sorry if you don't like short chapters.

In which a girl counts down the days to the one concert she looks forward to.

Approximately, one month to find a partner that will make my prom as fun as it is supposed to be. Prom that happens to be the most memorable time of my life and his. I counted from today to thirty days 'till prom. Copyright © by PrettyG_18. All rights reserved.

What if you knew the exact time and day that you would meet your soulmate? Would you believe in love, in true happiness, and in soulmates? I'm Annabelle Baslin and my clock isn't the same as everyone else's. My mother tells me to be patient, that everyone's countdown is different. If that's true, then why am I the only one in history to have this happen?

Time is ticking away... Glowing numbers on your wrist. They tell you when you'll meet your soul mate. Today? Tomorrow? Months away? Brooklyn finds her soul mate and it's who she least expects it to be.

16 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours 10 minutes 35 seconds until her life will change. A girl with a special destiny, A clock counting back till the moment she meets her soulmate. With two days left on the clock her father gets murdered. She meets her soulmate, but what if her soulmate is the supposedly murderer of her father? Will he try to explain and persuade her that he didn't kill her father, will they fall in love like they are supposed to or will everything go wrong and cause the end of their lives...