Wattys2019 Stories

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION When her initiation into her college's History Club goes awry, Sol has to come face to face with Ethan-the cute guy whose house she just broke into. ***** Soledad Gutierrez, or Sol to her friends, decides to join the History Club at her Community college. However, this club is not like other clubs: they have an initiation process and a slew of other 'extracurricular activities.' In order to join the club, Sol must break into the oldest house in her small Californian town and steal one of their forks. The club members provide all the materials to break in; she just needs to take the utensil, take a selfie in the kitchen, and get out undetected-with the fork, of course. The problem is: Ethan Winston spots Sol in his grandparent's house, and he's determined to uncover the reason behind the break-in. However, both he and Sol are thrown for a loop when feelings begin to develop between them. And as Ethan becomes suspicious of the History Club, he and Sol get tangled in an adventure none of them were expecting. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] [[Wattys 2019 Winner for Young Adult + Being Published by Wattpad Books in Fall 2020]]

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** When Jake Bryant's daughter is kidnapped for ransom, he's forced to gamble with her life in order to discover which of his enemies has taken her hostage and to what end. ***** Jake Bryant's daughter, Sam, is in trouble. Her all-star quarterback boyfriend gave her pills to help her study for a test, but the pair are caught on school grounds with the unprescribed drugs. Since Sam's grandfather is a district court judge, she gets off with a slap on the wrist. Austin isn't as lucky. But with Austin's precious future at stake, his brother attempts a Hail-Mary pass by kidnapping Sam for his release. Can Jake rescue her before time runs out, or will they both pay for her mistake with their lives? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

[This story is now FREE] Florette moves to Versailles, only to discover a group of Fae are destroying France. Allying with the battled-scarred Destan, she has to save the kingdom. ***** Florette, a painter's apprentice, is finally welcomed to the palace of Versailles. Ready to work, she notices that several of the courtiers are too beautiful to be human. Soon a battle-scarred warrior, Destan, tells her the truth: a faction of Fae have left the faerie and are slowly destroying the French monarchy. Determined that France must not fall, Florette is forced to use her skill to smuggle messages about the Fae inside her own paintings. Can she trust the rugged warrior at her side? And can Florette save France from creatures beyond mortal control?

Anne De Ville is a do-the-same-thing-every-day kind of ordinary. On the one day she chooses to try and do something different, she ends up dropping her shoes down several flights of stairs, right onto the head of her crush-and her brother's best friend-Hunter Denegan. Will her Prince Charming look for the girl who lost her shoe? [This book is going to be published with Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group in the Summer 2025] [[word count: 20,000-30,000 words]]

A pacifist with a war god trapped in her bones must decide between stirring her demons or watching her allies and enemies unite against her. ***** When Queen Nomvula finds herself threatened by a reckless prince, she's cornered into navigating a battle that will devastate the region, and her clan, should it escalate. Worse, someone knows about her deadly secret, and where its bloody trail eventually ends. Staying ahead of her enemies means risking her land, her values, and even her children, all while keeping the war god inside her from takings matters into its own hands.

After Denton foils a terrorist attack at an Intergalactic sporting event, he finds himself racing to save his homeworld from a plot of betrayal and revenge. ***** When Denton Staxx, a special agent with the Orbital Security Services, discovers the Intergalactic Olympic Games have been targeted by a terrorist attack, he rushes to Earth to try and stop the event before it's too late. But what he discovers on earth is far worse than he imagined, and Denton is quickly pulled into a galaxy-wide conspiracy that takes him from one solar system to another in the search for a mastermind that will stop at nothing to get his revenge on the richest man in the universe -- regardless of the innocent people who die along the way. [[Wattys' Shortlisted]] [[1st place, Month Elimination Awards, Sci-Fi Category]] [[Best Plot Development, Iced Tea Summer Bash Awards]] [[Best Adventure Scifi Story, The Ooorah's SciFi Awards]] [[1st place, Rebel Awards, Sci-fi Category]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** After a great loss, Jake Bryant finds himself in Las Vegas. To fill the void in his heart, he searches for a woman's missing daughter and finds more than he bargained for. ***** Two years after his daughter was kidnapped, Jake Bryant meets a woman in desperate need of help. Seeing the opportunity to redeem himself, Jake probes Las Vegas's seemly underbelly to find the pimp responsible for abducting her daughter. But navigating Sin City's sex trade business proves tougher than Jake thought, and he finds himself digging his own grave at gunpoint. Can Jake find a way to escape? Or will his mistakes lead to more death? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Tyler is being hunted by the Grinning Man and flees to Marble Springs, where he teams up with Serling and Price, real estate agents who sell haunted houses. ***** After his brother disappears and a burial mound explodes, high school student Tyler Graves starts having strange visions. His brother warns him that something is coming for him. Soon, Tyler's entire family is slaughtered, and he's being hunted by an otherworldly entity known as The Grinning Man. Fleeing to Marble Springs, he meets Serling and Price, real estate agents who specialize in selling haunted houses. It's up to this unlikely trio to stop a madman from destroying the world - by literally unleashing Hell on Earth! (Sequel to Apartment 239.) [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Alana has always found comfort in her bedroom, especially now with the Crown Prince of Greece warming her bed, but she never thought it'd spark disaster. *** Alana dislikes change. She's perfectly happy with her life until her father decides to ship her and the family off to Australia. In an act of rebellion, Alana refuses to find a job, instead choosing to spend her time sleeping with Phillip, a man with a body of a Greek God. But when things turn sideways and she ends up pregnant with the prince's baby, Alana realizes she's stumbled upon a lot more change and responsibilities than she has bargained for. Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains mentions of violence and abortion [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

Jordan, LeBron, Curry, Kobe... These names are a few of the greatest NBA players the basketball world has seen. And one player, in particular, has the mindset to join those names. (YN) (LN), a five-star prospect and top high school basketball player is shaping up to deliver that promise, so much so that that the country and NBA have set their eyes and minds on you. Everyone recognized and enjoyed watching you perform on the court; including nine very specific girls. While very busy, a specific K-pop group named Twice has become quick fans of you; entertaining and intense is what they described you and each of them became a secret fan of yours to the world. Unknown to them, you admired them back; their music, the nine, everything about them was positive. And unknown to both, it seems like fate has decided to bring the two together. How? Let's read, shall we?

but what do you expect from a therapy session? poetry & prose

Lucy Donavan is the quiet girl who always has her nose in a book. She's shy and controlled, or she was until her brother died five months ago In a terrible accident. She's breaking without her brother and now her parents are forcing her to move across the country to a little town in Virginia. Worse than that they're sending her to a prep school! The First day at Harrison prep Lucy manages to make enemies with the king of the school Roman Black and his group of football players. Roman is cocky, mean, and the most infuriating person Lucy has ever met. He's also really confusing, one minute he's nice to her and the next he's treating her like dirt under his shoe. But for some reason Lucy is drawn to him. She feels a pull to him that she can't explain. What happens when their paths cross and they find out that they're not so different after all? Lucy's broken but so is Roman. They're both lost. But what if what they're looking for is in each other? Roman has secrets, secrets he can never tell Lucy. What happens if she finds them out? What if they destroy her completely? |Completed|

"This is the tale of an ancient land of lush forests and verdant meadows. A land blessed by the Goddesses where the powers of light and shadow exist in perfect balance. This is the story of the kingdom of Hyrule, of a king who sought to control the power of the gods, and of a boy without a fairy. A boy whose struggle against the shadow became a legend, riding upon the winds of time..." A novelization of the Legend of Zelda- Ocarina of Time.

Sixteen year old Filipino-Chinese Jessamine Han, is the typical shy and quiet student from your friendly neighborhood. It was just as peaceful as any other night when her best friend, Courtney, persuaded her to try omegle.com, a chat site where you get to talk to strangers. This caused Jessamine's life to change as she met a New Yorker named Finn Andersen...kind, funny, charming, and inexplicably hot. They talked for hours and soon their friendship bloomed into something else. But, of course, there was always someone - someone who would be persistent in stopping her from crossing. Juggling with her life at home and at school, she thrived hard to overcome all the obstacles in order to be with the love of her life, even if it takes crossing the International Date Line. *** Book #2 of IDL: Prime Meridian is out now Follow for more updates: @poisonous_belladonna Cover by: @oreoandmint

What happens when you lose the people in your life that you love? How do you cope with it? Can you? What would the solution be? Accept. Deny. Grieve. Be guilty. Get angry. Become sad. Become depressed. Or........want revenge? It may not be the best option....But for Ken, it is. Once the top student at his school and the FBHE, Ken seemed to have the best life along with his loving sister; he seemed to have the best life he could have. Until that all changed when a tragedy befell him. Tragedies seem to come easily for Ken, so if they come easily....they can go easily, right? Now, how does one cope with death? Is revenge the answer? For Ken, it seems to be. But is murder included? Who says it can't be. Yet, does Ken know the true essence of murder? Why, of course.

Kiera Addinell never believed in magic. Fairytales were for children, and happy endings were lies people told themselves to survive. After losing everything, she learned the truth the hard way: hope doesn't pay rent, and wishes don't change fate. So when an old storybook suddenly drags her into Ornothopia-a world of glittering castles, dangerous secrets, and a maddeningly handsome prince who insists she belongs there-Kiera knows one thing: This has to be some kind of mistake. Because magic isn't real. ...Right? But as forgotten memories awaken and political schemes tighten around the throne, Kiera is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: What if the fairytale was real all along- and she was never meant to escape it? ------------------- Begin: 11-05-17 Ends : 12-29-17

A forced move to Reefside, California, is the last thing senior Tracy Burlew wants. Quiet, determined, and a brown belt in karate, she's preparing for her black belt, she's focused on staying under the radar-until she discovers a pink Dino Gem on the way to her first day of school. Starting over just got complicated. -Takes place after the episode Copy That -

Kaneki somehow find himself at Alfea after being snatched away from his world. With little idea on how to get back he agrees to become a student at Red Fountain while he tries finding a way back home. However, this year, things heat up. With the threat of Darkar looming over Alfea, can Kaneki protect himself while dealing with the Winx, the Council of Magix trying to arrest him and a Dark Lord that would do anything to get Kaneki on his side?

Kagome is killed in the final battle against Naraku. Inuyasha wishes on the Shikon Jewel that Kagome have a different life in a different place. She is reborn in Middle Earth as one of the Dúnedain of the North. When her father is tragically killed by Orcs, she is raised in Rivendell along with Aragorn son of Arathorn. What kind of exciting new adventures does fate have in store for her this time? Will she finally get a happy ending or will fate deny it to her? Read to find out. I DO NOT OWN LORD OF THE RINGS OR INUYASHA START DATE: 04-01-2019