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Kamakshya: The Revenge Of The Rakshas
Ages ago there was a great war between the Rakshas clan and the humans which resulted in huge bloodshed and defeat of the Rakshas clan.The whole clan was killed except for one Mayabi (magical) Rakshasni, Kamakshya, who stood strong all alone, to fight against her greatest enemy. She knew she could kill her enemy but she found it of no use, when all her loved ones were lying dead. She vowed in front of the whole army of men that she would take her revenge for killing her family and clan by killing the selfish sage who played a foul game to live forever.She killed herself in the battle field. Kamakshya is reincarnated in the form of a woman named Durga after many years.To know what happens ahead please read the book.Check out the whole book at: http://amzn.in/9ZK1abW✴Highest ranking #1 in Fantasy on 09.05.2016✴Selected for #YourStoryIndia Long list P.S: Don't copy or reproduce this book or any part of the book. This book really means a lot to me so please don't do such thing. Thank you!
She's A Natural
*SAMPLE ONLY! FIRST 5 CHAPTERS AVAILABLE!**This is the third and final book of my supernatural series. It is NOT complete on here, but you CAN find the full version of it on Dreame AND MoboReader!*Mia knew she wasn't normal. She just wanted to be left alone. On her seventh birthday, she was cursed with gold eyes and the power to control all four elements. She was a freak, and she didn't know what she did to be punished like this.On her eighteenth birthday, after her foster home slammed the door in her face, a mysterious man shoved a train ticket into her hand and told her to get on the midnight train. Confused but not having anywhere else to go, she followed his instructions.She didn't know that she would end up at a protection school for supernatural creatures. She didn't know she was needed to fulfill a stupid prophecy some witch lady chanted a thousand years ago. And she definitely didn't know she would meet her mate, whatever that was. All she did know was that he was hardheaded, possessive, and a dragon.
Academy of Elements: Fire
(Soon to be an eBook) Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Lightning, and Ice. These are the six main elements of the world. Fire to warm you. Water to cool you. Earth to ground you. Air to lift you. Lightning to charge you. And Ice to calm you. When Jaxon is in rolled in The Academy of Elements he learns how to control his element, fight magic beasts, and play in elemental duels. Everything seems fine until Jaxon is told that they are supposed to face Darkness with five other kids and that they are the most powerful elementals of their generation. That they are The Gifted Six. But Jaxon can't even control his power yet. Will Jaxon survive? Will he be able to stop darkness? Or will darkness consume him? -------------------------------------------- Book 1 of 6 in The Academy of Elements Series Written from December 1st 2015 to July 21st 2016
![A Tale of Three [ONC 2024]](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/363555537.jpg "A Tale of Three [ONC 2024]")
A Tale of Three [ONC 2024]
[ONC 2024 Longlister]The heir to the kingdom has been kidnapped!Many great and powerful adventurers have tried to find him and bring him back to the loving arms of his father. Unfortunately, though great and powerful, they are also very much pitiful failures.When Luthiriensis, an elven tourist, and Mott, a perpetually aggrieved dwarf, are recruited by a mysterious patron to find the child, they soon find themselves in far more trouble than they could ever have imagined.Also, their recruiter is a dragon. So there's that to deal with too.An ONC novella based upon Prompt 21 - A dragon, an elf, and a dwarf embark on a quest to find the lost heir to the kingdom.Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture and text through Logokit.
Empty Chains ✔️ | #ONC2019
Death has a sick sense of humor.On the most destructive week of Holiday Warren's life, a crosswalk turns into a deadly sprint through the depths of hell to right the wrongs of her troubled past.No one was ready for Holiday's death, not even her.Dying is supposed to be simple, easy. She expected darkness or maybe endless food. Not an introduction to Death himself and the invitation to something sweeter. Kill or be killed, he couldn't care less. But win...Win and be free to return to life as she knew it.| Featured Story - Editors Pick || SHORTLISTED FOR THE Open Novella Contest 2019 || Winner of Wattpad's Psychological Novel Contest 2020 || Highest Rank: #20 in Fantasy |
The Chosen one
Highest ranking :- # 2 Fantasy (9/05/16)"Now please tell me the truth. Tell me who I am." I asked.He put those bags on one corner of the room and sat near to me. I could see tension building up on his face. He Begin,"You are a part of a prophecy. According to it, whenever a demon would rise from the underworld, a princess, a chosen one would take birth. That chosen one is the only person who could kill that demon." He paused and took a breath."And you, Sheena...." He continued, "are the chosen one."************************************************************************************************how would you feel when from nowhere an extremely good looking guy approaches you and says that you are chosen as a princess of a magical kingdom??well for me it was not less than a heart attackevery one is born with a purpose, I was too....I am Sheena Gupta. I am a nerd, boring and God knows what else.it was my b'day( that I thought would be the most boring day of my life ) which became the turning point of my life......This awesome cover by:- @peakybooo
Shadows & Lace (Spellbound Prequel)
BRAITHE is leading a double life. The dutiful princess during the day, at night the masked vigilante fighting back against her parents' abuse of the kingdom's citizens. Disguised as a man to protect her identity, things get even more complicated when a handsome outsider catches her attention.AURELIAN is not your typical damsel in distress. First of all, he's a man. Secondly, he's... actually exceedingly good at getting himself into sticky situations. A visitor in the kingdom, he finds himself embroiled in the ongoing struggles, though perhaps not in the sense he would have liked, getting kidnapped and all.Now Braithe may need to save him from the very people she's been trying to help.- Open Novella Contest 2020 Longlister- 1st Place Fantasy, Phoenix Queen Awards- 2nd Place Fantasy, The Dream Awards- 2nd Place Fantasy, Focus On Me Awards- 3rd Place Fantasy, Mono Awards- Winner Sangria Award - Best Title (Fantasy)
Stars Align
One mishap.One trip.One job.One person.That's all it took for Stella to question everything she thought she knew.--------(For the #OpenNovellaContest2019)
The Sharded Blade | Part 1 (A Dark Fantasy Novella)
What happens when death is not the end? For one assassin, it wasn't. Now, in order to die, he must continue to kill.⭐2020 Ambassador Pick⭐⭐2020 ONC Shortlister⭐⭐2020 ONC Honorable Mention⭐The Sharded Blade (Part 1: Ghosts of the Past) was my entry into the 2020 Open Novella Contest (#OpenNovellaContest2020) and is approximately 24k words. It didn't place in the Top 5 and win, but it did receive a very kind Honorable Mention from the Wattpad Ambassadors who ran the contest. I am deeply thankful for all of you who read and enjoyed this story. Parts 2 and 3 (turning this into an entire novel length story) are currently being worked on.This story is based on the following two prompts ... with some liberties taken:4. When something tragic happens, it's often said we lose a piece of ourselves. How far would you go to find these lost parts of yourself in order to be whole again?45. You are possessed by a demon. The only way to cast it out is to kill 7 people - each representing one of the 7 virtues.
Veins of Smoke and Shadow ✔️ || ONC 2023
Buried in the wreckage of a Compound meant to imprison her, Faine awakens a shell of her former self. With no memories and a growing taste for revenge, she is given the ultimate decision. She must save the city, or herself.Round One 》✅️ 2k 》✅️Round Two 》 ✅️ 8k 》✅️Round Three 》✅️ 20k 》✅️Longlisted 》 ✅️》Featured on WattpadUrbanFantasy and Fantasy《|| Start Date 2/1/2023 || Finish Date 4/20/2023 |||| Open Novella Contest 2023 ||
Scaling Moss and Stone ✔️ || #ONC2022
Sealed within Kealie Gothalis are the secrets of a magic destined to flood her kingdom.Trading her Mortality to disguise the heritage her mother fears most, Kealie is gifted with a blessing. She need only do one thing; keep her kingdom in the dark until the dusk of her twentieth birthday. But her control over the ancient magic is slipping......Along with her Willpower.|| Open Novella Contest 2022 |||| Complete 4/30/22 ||
The Water Witcher (Completed)
During a massive drought, a Water Witcher goes trekking across several states to visit a friend but finds himself in danger when a group called The Hounds begins hunting him down.𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 1 ~ 🅦🅐🅣🅔🅡 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 Corbin has been witching water since he was a young boy. It's a skill his grandfather taught him to survive living in a time of thirst. He also taught him never to venture farther than their property because the world had become too dangerous with people fighting over water.As an adult, however, he finds himself alone. The home he once shared with his grandfather feels more like an empty shell with echoes of memories. Deciding to head for the road to visit a friend, he sets out to wander what's practically become a wasteland. Except, he soon discovers that since his last adventure north, Water Witchers are being captured and sold to high bidders by a group called The Hounds. With his friend Coyote living up north, a few states away, he'll have to figure out how to get there safely, but it won't be easy with danger at every turn.* * 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧: ~Editor's Pick - Oct 7, 2022~@Wattpad - Adrenaline Rush @WattpadExplorer - Adrenaline Rush @WattpadDarkFantasy @Adventure - Featured Stories @Fantasy - Featured Fantasy @Mystery Featured Mystery @Adultfiction - Featured Adult Fiction @Action - Featured Action Stories
Castle In The Clouds (a Brendon Urie ff)
Evelyn Luft, a person from the skies above, is sent to the earth due to certain circumstances. While her motherland is facing an existential crisis, she falls in love and plummets into hell. Will her struggles be worth it?(Read at your own risk)*potential trash*
The Magic of Stories
Straight out of uni, Lynn is glad to have secured a job as a replacement in a library. But soon she finds out the place is haunted, and not only by a blue cat. Juggling the upcoming vernissage of a photo exhibition and the trouble with her coworker, she has to learn fast - to trust her instinct-and the magic of the stories.Once 2024, prompt #15: "Why are you glowing blue?"
Muslimah in love
''Marriage isn't easy especially when it's arranged and you hardly know the guy.'' 23-year-old Zara, a modest and virtuous Muslimah, has finally accepted a marriage proposal and is ready to share her life and love with her husband. But what happens when he is broody, stiff and ignores her most of the time? Is it possible to make her own husband fall in love with her or will Zara become a victim of unrequited love? #WATTYSWINNER2014
The Last Card
Every year a man seeks out a tarot card reader, hoping for a different future.
Alexis of Troy (Book I)
Featured on Wattpad - Editors' Choice, Epic Fantasy & Extraordinary Realms (2023)🏅Wattys 2022 Short Listed🥇Short Listed for the ONC 2021There is nothing more terrifying than waking up in an unfamiliar place with no idea of what happened. Alexis knows firsthand what this fear is like, considering she woke up stranded on a sandy beach. The icing on the cake? Zeus whisked her away to the ancient kingdom of Troy. The very Troy from the epic legend, the Iliad. Alexis finds herself ensconced in a world on the brink of war, at the mercy of the gods, and conflicted in her feelings for a young man destined to bring the fall of the great city of Troy. ⭐ WattpadTimeTravel ⭐ MythandLegend⭐ retold⭐ TheWarriorGoddess⭐ BadassReads⭐ Fantasy⭐ WattGreek⭐ WattpadLitFic⭐ WattpadMulticultural⭐ WattpadExplorer
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The Dreamers [ONC2020] | ✓
* ONC 2020 AMBASSADOR'S PICK ** ONC 2020 HONORABLE MENTION ** ONC 2020 SHORT LIST ** HIDDEN GEMS *Sean has a problem: his dreams come to life. It causes him enough trouble that he moves across the country to start fresh at Everwood Institute. But as his repetitive dreams become more vivid, he wonders if anything he sees is real, and if the black leaves Finn trails behind him are truly there...Finn tries to keep his dreams under control, but this year, he keeps dreaming the same dream. It haunts him in the day, and doesn't help when he's trying to keep his past problems separate from his present life. Then there's the matter of Sean, who leaves flowers blooming wherever he steps...As Sean and Finn grow closer, they realize there's more to their dreams - and each other - than they know.~*~COMPLETED | #lgbtq+ #mlm #contemporaryfantasy"How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?" - PlatoPrompt #15, OpenNovellaContest2020Word Count: 21,198 words
CYAN | ONC 2022
Behind the realm of what is known as reality lies a world of supernatural creatures with their own laws and reign. Aryzath, or well known as the White Dragon Prince, is born into such world as the heir to the throne amongst Dragonkind. However, instead of wanting to take care of his kingdom and people, his interest lies beyond the forest and borders that divide their supernatural realm into different regions, longing for a journey beyond the pearl gates of his land. And on one such sneaky journey, he comes across the first creature he had seen besides his own kind, a water fairy named Ilayda who opens up his world and eyes beyond his own dreams and into the beginnings of war of his realm.
DragonSky | ONC 2020 SHORTLIST
What are wings for if not for flying with dragons in the realm where islands float in the sky?The life of order and monotony is not enough for a winged demon like Ansgarde. When society rules suffocate her, she escapes to fantastic dreams of dragons and epic quests. If only someone qualified took on the challenge to break the Dragon's Curse, her dream would come true - she would share the sky with a dragon. After all, the prophecy says that a demon like her would free the ancient race. But no one takes the legend seriously. No one but her.***This book has been featured on the following Wattpad reading lists at one time or another:- Open Novella Contest: 2020 Shortlist,- Fantasy: High Fantasy and Featured Fantasy Stories,- High Fantasy: Wonderland,- YA Fantasy: Magical Creatures,- Watt-Dragons: Legendary Creatures,- Magic: A Magical Journey,- Secret Treasures: Fantastical Realms,- Warrior Goddess: Fantastical Warriors,- Horns and Halos: Underworld - Demon stories.2nd place winner in The Dream Awards 2021 hosted by @TeamOfDreams.*** No trigger warnings. Just a laid-back high-fantasy adventure.This novella is a standalone prequel to The TriRealm series.
The Lark's Pearl | #ONC2022 ✔
Entered into the Open Novella Contest 2022 | This version of the book was posted solely for the ONC. A final, even more, polished version will be coming soon to Amazon! All feedback on story pacing, character development, and the overall plot is most appreciated. | ©2022 E. S. Elias All Rights Reserved.Published to Wattpad 02.01.2022Cover: Esther Hadassah @DesignsbyEH (I used Canva and Dream by Wombo)The Lark's Pearl (A Standalone Romantic Fantasy) | ✔Ariabella is a young woman who receives the gift of pearls from a bird of mysterious, playful nature: a Lark. How does this sweet, little bird come by these pearls and what will Ariabella do when she finds out why this bird chose her?This wholesome, romantic fantasy, can be enjoyed completely on its own without fear of a cliffhanger, HEA guaranteed. #13 (Top 20!) in #ONC2022 03.13.2022 - #10 03.14.2022 #1 in #YAlit 02.09.2022 #10 in #cleanromance 02.13.2022 - #4 02.22.22 (Top 100!) #25 in #opennovellacontest2022 - 02.22.2022 #5 in #Romantasy 02.25.2022 | #1 03.13.2024
A Journey with the Devil Himself
Rania and Maaz. Two people who can't even stand in the same room without bickering every two seconds. But what happens when one mistake leads to both of them on an insane journey across Australia in hopes of going back home or to the destination they were supposed to be at. When more than a few complications occur the real journey just begins full of unthinkable solutions, humour and maybe a tad bit of romance.Caution: Book contains its own level of haramness and a bit of lolling and swooning ;D#thebigmuslimwriterscontest2016
The Book That Kills.
[Book 1 of 'The Detective Dawud Chronicles']"Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life."Something strange is happening in town. People are getting hurt; people are dying. It all started from a book. [Highest Ranking: #91 in Mystery/Thriller]
Of Silver Rays and Raven Fur | ONC24 | Shortlister
Round1✔ - Ambassadors' PickRound2✔Longlist✔Shortlist✔-----------Genre: fantasy, romance, and a teeny tiny bit of action.-----------Of a Moon, majestic silver and soothing blue, that hung in the sky, breathing life into barrenness and lifting away the darkness that threatened to swallow everything.And a wolf, fur darker than night itself, that would passionately howl at the moon in a holy nocturnal ritual. He yearned to go and reach his beloved sphere of blessed silver rays for it breathed life into his very being and gave meaning to his existence.His howls were a balm to her lonely soul and so, on one spectacular night, the Moon in all her glory descended, gracing her devoted worshipper with her radiant presence.That was how the wolf's search for his otherworldly beloved ended. She'd come to him instead.Indeed, a desperate wish, made from the heart, is always answered, sooner or later.-----------Warning: mention of violence (wolves, duh) and blood, fluff, extremely gorgeous FL, one hawt ML, and (A LOT OF) sexual tension. *evil laugh*-----------Note: 1. this is the prequel to Rieka (ONC22) and The Dark Side Of The Moon (ONC23)2. the story is written from an omniscient point of view.-----------+ If you are reading this on any site other than Wattpad then it is being unlawfully shared. Mirror sites often contain malware so please protect yourself and the work of this author by reading only on Wattpad.------------------[ONC entry - 1st draft - unedited]