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  • This Drowning Kingdom by i_am_drowning222
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    Deep in the oceans, the Sea Queen rules Atlantica, the kingdom of the mer. A powerful witch herself, she has a secret weapon: the Huntress. The Huntress preys on sailors and ships on the ocean's surface, and within the deadly waves, she tracks down rebels fighting against the rule of the Sea Queen. Ariel has many titles-the Huntress, the Slayer of Men, Heir to Atlantica-but she holds in particular close to her heart: sister. And it's for her sister that she carries out her aunt's despicable tasks, that she kills humans and mer alike. So when her aunt demands she go on an insane quest to track down a lost item that would make the Sea Queen unstoppable, she agrees--for a price. --- Prince Eric Halliran of the Nereidian Kingdom knows that humans are losing the war with the mer. The Huntress is growing stronger, while the entirety of the eighteen kingdoms only grow weaker as oversea trade dwindles by the day. But there's still hope-an ancient artifact that held the power to put a stop to the Sea Queen and her Huntress. So Eric hunts down an expert in mythical oceans, tracks down a map, and sets off with his crew for a power that could change the course of the world entirely. OR a really dark retelling of The Little Mermaid, featuring most of our favorite characters, a few new ones, and plenty of others in the Disney Universe :)
  • Minutes to Midnight | Cinderella Dark Retelling ✓ by Detroit99Turbulence
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    I wasn't even supposed to be here tonight... Is this an enchanted evening or an eerie deadly night? Genre - Paranormal/ Fantasy/ Horror/ Retelling POV - 1st Person Past Tense Copyright © 2019 Detroit99Turbulence ALL RIGHTS RESERVED I do not own the images. Copyright goes to the original owners.
  • Under the Sea by beautifulwriter22
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    Inspired by The Little Mermaid @2026 Excerpt from the book: "A look closer defined her to be a woman with hair as red as blood that dripped down from his wrist and skin as translucent as a milky pearl of a thousand year old oyster. "
  • These Gilded Seas by AmyJohnson895
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    There's one thing in the world that Arielle hates above all else. Humans. Eighty years ago, the human kingdom of Anjord destroyed the merfolk kingdom of Vandya and banished her people to a distant corner of the sea. Since then, the merfolk have become little more than a myth to the rest of the world. But when the formidable Prince Eero crosses the border into her kingdom, Ari has reason to believe he's trying to start another war -- one her father won't engage in. Desperate to protect her people and get her own revenge, Ari makes a deal with her exiled uncle. In exchange for legs and the opportunity to kill the crown prince of Anjord, Ari trades the warlock her seat on the throne. Now, she has one month to bury a dagger in the prince's back or lose her home and future. In this dark retelling of The Little Mermaid, Arielle's alliances will be tested as she discovers a plot thicker than honey and romance in the most unexpected places.
  • The Lost Girl ✨Once Upon A Time✨ by inkandebonywords
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    Wren Elair's life has fallen apart. Her family is broken beyond repair, her will for living is gone, and worst of all, her best (and only) friend believes Wren is going insane. She is not wrong. Wren knows something has snapped within her; something has changed. Her obsession with twisted stories and fairy tales has become her escape from real life. Every night she prays for an escape, prays for a way to become part of the stories she loves to watch play out. Relief never comes, until one night when everything changed... When Wren is swept off into the confusing world of Once Upon a Time with very little of her memory intact, she is swayed away in the dangerous poetry that is Neverland. Her ties to real life and what little sanity remains must be severed if she wishes to survive. After all, only the cutthroat can stay in Pan's good graces. Both in fear and awe of the charming villains and rogue heroes, she has no choice but to join in the games, the games that Peter Pan always wins. #11 in #peterpan 06/24/2026 Disclaimers: All OUAT characters and plot references belong to their rightful owners. Wren and all other original aspects are of my creation. This story is ONLY available on Wattpad, if uploaded anywhere else it has been done so without my knowledge and consent. Violence mildly worse than that of the TV show and some on-page deaths. Some tough discussions about mental health and self-harm is mentioned but never shown. P.S. ending will not be as predicted. Suspect the unexpected...
  • ✅| Remember Me Not by Longlivenarnians
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    Warning: I DO NOT OWN DISNEY NOR TWISTED TALES! THIS IS JUST MY OWN IF THEY EVER DO COCO! "What if Miguel never made it back to the Land of the Living?" Miguel follows his great-great-grandfather Héctor into the Land of the Dead - but fails to return by sunrise. Trapped in the afterlife, Miguel begins to fade from memory in the world of the living. As his presence vanishes, so too does his connection to his family's altar - and the chance to be remembered. Now a forgotten soul-in-training, Miguel must navigate a hidden realm of lost spirits and unravel a secret: someone in the Land of the Living is trying to erase the Rivera family's legacy forever. With time running out, Miguel must choose between staying in the afterlife to preserve their memories - or sacrificing his soul to save his family's future.
  • Just Right by SJames861
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    Everybody knows the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears... but what if the bears weren't bears at all? When a curious young woman stumbles upon a remote cabin in the woods, she finds more than porridge and rocking chairs. Inside waits a trio of hunters, twisted souls wrapped in bear pelts, luring the unsuspecting with a homey scene that feels... just right. But Goldilocks isn't who she seems, either. As tension builds and secrets unfold, the question shifts: who lured whom? This haunting reimagining takes the familiar and flips it inside out, weaving a chilling game of predator and prey. Enter if you dare, but know this: in this cabin, nothing is "Just Right."
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender: Retelling by ViennaMCragin
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    We all love the story of Aang and his friends fight to save the world from the tyrant fire lord Ozai. But what would happen if Avatar was written for YA and not for kids. These children have known nothing but war their entire lives, they are hardened by it, haunted by it, and will stop at nothing to save those they love. Together let's revisit the avatar journey that we adored so much as kids in this new twisted, dark, world. Will they still be able to find hope? Will their fates turn out the same or will karma take its toll on our favorite heroes? And when the war is over will they be able to forgive themselves... if they survive.
  • These Barren Lands by AmyJohnson895
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    Arielle is a failure. She couldn't kill the human prince; she couldn't defeat her uncle. She couldn't stop war. But there's still time. Two weeks ago, mermaid-princess Arielle came face to face with her dark warlock uncle and nearly died along with him. Since then, he's vanished. If she wants to find him and finish what she started, she'll have to journey to the farthest and coldest reaches of her world--the kingdom of Snejorn. At least she has Eero by her side as she faces some of her darkest days. In this final installment of the "These Gilded Seas" duology, both Ari and Eero's limits will be pushed as new bonds are forged and old ones are severed. **Note: This is a sequel. You cannot read it without reading These Gilded Seas! The cover is also temporary until the final one comes. :)
  • Rumpelstiltskin [On Hold] by xXElenaEmeraldsXx
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    A dark retelling of the original Grimm's fairy tale with an extraordinary twist. What if Rumpelstiltskin was a hot seducer? Would the story have ended differently?
  • Howl by popcornknight
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    A Little Red Riding Hood retelling with a dark modern twist. What if the roles were reversed, and the Big Bad Wolf wasn't really bad after all? Written for the #rewindtheclassics21 Content Warning: References to groping and gore
  • Blood, Night, Snow by SeiryuLibrary
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    "Skin as white as snow. Lips as red as blood. Hair as black as the night. But what they didn't know was that her skin could not touch sunlight; her lips had swallowed blood; her hair the color of her blackened unbeating heart."
  • Siren Of Roane by SeiryuLibrary
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    What if it's a Little Mermaid Retelling, but backwards?
  • The Well That Remembers by SJames861
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    "The Well That Remembers" - A Beyond The Box: What If? Story Jack fell down and broke his crown. Jill came tumbling after. But what if that old rhyme wasn't a warning about falling... but about remembering? Jack and Jill aren't just climbing a hill in this haunting retelling; they're walking straight into something ancient and hungry. A forgotten village. A sealed well. And a secret buried deep in the earth that remembers everything... and everyone. As memories twist and time bends, Jack's brother Noah must uncover the truth behind the sacrifices made to keep the well quiet. Dark, lyrical, and full of psychological suspense, this final story asks: what are you willing to forget to survive?
  • ✅ | You'll be in my Heart by Longlivenarnians
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    Warning: I DO NOT OWN DISNEY NOR TWISTED TALES! THIS IS JUST MY OWN IF THEY EVER DO TARZAN! "What if Kala never found Tarzan?" When the infant son of two shipwrecked explorers is left alone in the jungle, fate is supposed to intervene - Kala, a grieving gorilla mother, is meant to hear his cries and adopt him. But what if she never finds the treehouse that day? Now, raised by someone very different, Tarzan grows up not among gorillas, but among the ruthless leopardess Sabor, his parents' killer. Raised as a predator, Tarzan becomes a ghost of the jungle - fierce, silent, and feared by all. But everything changes when humans return to the jungle, and a young woman named Jane Porter unknowingly steps into his territory...triggering the return of memories Tarzan never knew he had - and a destiny that refuses to be forgotten.
  • The Fairest Maiden of the Night by WannaBeWriter96
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    A poetic retelling of the Classic Snow White story. cover by https://www.pinterest.com/pin/355291858072848662/
  • Ashes Behind the Mask by BlackCocytus
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    A New take of the classic Cinderella story.
  • ✅| Nobody Like U by Longlivenarnians
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    Warning: I DO NOT OWN DISNEY NOR TWISTED TALES! THIS IS JUST MY OWN IF THEY EVER DO TURNING RED! "What if Mei never learned to control the red panda and it controlled her instead?" Meilin Lee was just getting used to balancing school, friends, and the ancient family curse that turns her into a giant red panda whenever her emotions run wild. Mei's choice to keep the panda goes horribly wrong. The spirit inside her isn't a quirky, fluffy companion it's something older, wilder, and far more dangerous than anyone in her family remembers. As the red panda's power begins to take over her body and mind, Mei starts to lose time, black out, and wake up in places she doesn't remember-places that are mysteriously destroyed. Now, with the line between girl and beast blurring, Mei's friends must risk everything to bring her back before the ancient spirit consumes her completely. But the more they uncover about the origins of the red panda, the more they realize...This curse was never meant to be contained.
  • The nightmare called neverland - a twisted peter pan tale  by MIstythecat1234
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    What if I was to tell you peter pan was a lie ?A tale to cover up a horrific nightmare ? This is the truth of what really happened the night peter pan flew through the Wendy's window . The horror that became neverland... Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used in this story
  • A Darkened Alice In Wonderland Retelling by Clara_In_Bookland
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    A twist on the classic Disney movie.