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Rumors of War || The First Avenger
Book One of Five.Set during Captain America: The First Avenger..•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.Bucky spits blood from his mouth, turning to weakly smile at me. "You shouldn't have come." His blue eyes shine with regret. "This isn't a place for a Doll like you to die.""Good thing we're not going to die then, yes?".•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.Emma Jane Holmes claims that Bucky Barnes was the greatest gentleman in all of Brooklyn. And he was... before the war.Bucky being drafted completely uprooted Emma's way of life. Her job as a teacher, her relationship with Bucky, and being a sister-figure to Bucky's little sister, Rose, and his best friend, Steve Rogers. Everything was perfect until he was drafted into the Army.Soon after, Steve meets the German scientist Dr. Abraham Erskine who promises Steve the ability to make a difference for America, but everyone knows the story of Captain America. No one was told the tale of his female counterpart: Lady Liberty.[COMPLETED]{Cover by @CaroDelMonte © 2017}
The Liberty War || Infinity War & Endgame
Sequel of Rumors of War, The Immortality War, Winter's War, and War Torn.Book Five of FiveSet during Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame..•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•."I'm not even sure Brooklyn is home anymore, anyway. All that time in Siberia, all those years away from New York, do I even have the right to call it home anymore? I wasn't born there. I haven't lived there in decades. I haven't even seen in since...I can't even remember when.""Home is wherever you make it. Home is where the people you love are. I've learned that much over my lifetimes.""Home can be wherever, then.".•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.Nearly two years have passed since the Civil War, since Steve and Tony had a falling out that split the Avengers in two. Two years have passed since Emma and Bucky reunited, escaped to Wakanda, and went into cryo-stasis.When they wake, Bucky is back to his old self. Emma, however, is still searching for a cure. They don't let this setback stop them from starting a new life in Wakanda. Nothing is the same as it used to be, but Emma and Bucky are together again and couldn't be happier. All the mistakes of the past are water under the bridge. They're retired from hero-work, intending to life the rest of their lives in peace and calm.But a threat appears soon after their awakening, a threat that could wipe out half of the life in the universe. This threat has been coming for a long time, and after multiple heroes go missing--among them being Tony Stark--even those heroes on the run must step up. With more than just a city or a country at stake, Emma and Bucky make the hard decision: to go back to war.In the final installment of the Lady liberty Chronicles, who will prevail: Thanos or Earth's Mightiest Heroes? And when the dust of the Infinity War settles, will there be a place left for Bucky and Emma to call home?[Updates beginning after Endgame comes out on DVD]{Cover by @CaroDelMonte
The Immortality War || The Avengers
Sequel of Rumors of War.Book Two of Five.Set during The Avengers..•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•. "That's something else you've missed while being a capscicle," I reply, crossing my arms over my uniform. "Good and evil, right and wrong, they're not so easy to tell apart nowadays. The past century has taught the bad guys to appear well intentional, and the good guys have become more like Fury. That man walks the line between chaos and order. He does it for his right reason, but..." I shake my head. "Good is subjective these days.""Not today," Steve says, turning to look at me. "Today we have to deal with this single problem: Loki.".•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.She was a teacher, then a soldier, then a hero. Now she's a fugitive. She had a best friend and a fiancé before the war, a brother and a husband during the war, and neither when the war ended.It's been almost 70 years since Steve and Bucky died in World War II, and Emma has spent her immortal days helping people, through both legal and illegal means. She's done many things, moved around the world, taken on new identities, become the vigilante known as Lady Justice.But one thing she never expected to happen was Steve to return from the dead.But, like always, the world keeps making mistakes that lead to the innocent paying the price. This time, the mischief god, Loki, is determined to rule the Earth. Together with the newly-formed Avengers, Emma Jane Barnes must put an end to his reign of terror and save the world...again. But this time, she's trying to make up for what she did in the late 20th century. She's trying to earn back the mantel of Lady Liberty. [Camp NaNoWriMo 2017 project][COMPLETED]{Cover by @CaroDelMonte © 2017}
Age of Glory | Pietro Maximoff
AGE OF GLORYBook One· ~ · ~ · ~ · ~ ·"Pietro," Wanda whispers to him in Sokovian, "Pietro, come back. Dear brother, I need you."His vitals come back on, only a moment passes before he flat lines again, but there's still brain activity. "Tony, more!""I'm trying! Dr. Banner is way more suited to this than I am." Tony's hands go wild, trying to keep his new found, new lost, friend alive for one more second so that Wanda can work her magic."Pietro!" Wanda yells, forcing will for him to live even harder to him. "Pietro, live!"Just as he vibrates at the highest frequency, his body escapes into a bright light, disappearing from their world. Wanda is in shock. His mind is ripped apart from hers like glue. She grabs her head in her hands, trying to contain a scream. "Tony, what the hell happened?"Tony gazes at the empty spot where Pietro was. His eyes are empty; shock makes him stumble. "I-I don't know."· ~ · ~ · ~ · ~ ·In an attempt to bring Pietro Maximoff back to life, Tony Stark and Helen Cho create a machine that vibrates Quicksilver's naturally vibrating molecules at a level that raises his brain activity. Wanda Maximoff uses her magical powers to get inside his head to coax him back to the world of the living. Instead of bringing Pietro back, the machine sends his body and mind to an alternate reality, where the Avengers are in comics and movies, and Quicksilver himself is no more than a famed character among nerds. Glory Northern is a high school student, almost to college. Planning to major in Creative Writing, she plans to try to work for Marvel Comics, creating the very characters she loves so much. Her life is all but unplanned.What happens when a unconscious Pietro falls onto her front lawn as she's walking home? Does she run away, or more precisely, she run away with him? Will Pietro get back to the world where he's died, or will he choose to stay with Glory?[COMPLETED]{Cover by @CaroDelMonte © 2017}
Until then
I live with a mathematical, logical mind, but tend to be immersed in emotion. The imbalance can both prosper and hinder me. with love, b 1987-until then...
Age of Darkness | Pietro Maximoff
AGE OF DARKNESSBook TwoSequel To Age of Glory· ~ · ~ · ~ · ~ ·Tony Stark sighs. "You're not going with me on this, are you, Cap?"Steve Rogers sighs deeply, the weight of his next words already crushing him. "Tony, you are, and always will be, my friend. I care for you deeply, but I will not allow the government to take more than its fair share of power, especially when it comes to the safety, freedom, and rights of some of our closest friends, like Glory Northern. I want her kids to grow up free to express their powers without fear.""Don't bring Glory into this," Tony warns."There's still a chance we can work this out peacefully, Tony," Steve adds, almost begs. "War will mean people die, and I will fight you on this. This is a violation of civil rights.""Civil rights assume that they're normal people. They aren't.""So, I'm not worth rights? Glory's not worth it?" Steve nods, accepting the fact that he and Tony will be waging war over this. "Goodbye, Tony. I'm sorry.""Goodbye, Cap, but I'm not."· ~ · ~ · ~ · ~ ·Black Death has been defeated, Bucky Barnes has come home, and new Avengers keep are making more progress than ever before. Pietro and Glory are expecting twins and are engaged.But things never stay that good forever; Glory Northern knows this better than most. What of her family trying to get back in touch? The pregnancy of twins? The Registration Act trying to be passed? The it be the loss of her beloved best friend, Aspen?Glory is changing in more ways than anyone imagined. Holding the Infinity Stone in her hand unlocked something deep inside her that not even she knew about. Her power continues to grow, and no one can teach her how to control it. No one has dealt with anything like this before.Will Glory be able to adapt to her new power, her new family and life? Or will a evil, robotic force that they thought to be long gone tear everyone apart......from the inside?[COMPLETED]{Cover by CaroDelMonte}
War Torn || Civil War
Sequel of Rumors of War, The Immortality War, and Winter's War.Book Four of Five.Set during Captain America: Civil War..•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•."I love you, James Buchanan Barnes. Just breathe. Your war is over."I loop my fingers around his, making one small connection as the whole world falls apart around us. Bucky takes my white Lady Liberty helmet off my head, allowing my messy braided hair to fall out. With a small smile, he brushes my dark bangs from my eyes. I close my eyes and lean into his hand.Whatever happens after this, we've found each other again. If that's the only good thing that survives today, I'm okay with that..•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.Two years have passed since Alexander Pierce nearly fulfilled HYDRA's mission. Two years have passed since the Insight carriers were destroyed. Two years have passed since they discovered that Bucky Barnes was not only alive but has been the Winter Soldier for seventy years.Two years have passed since Emma made the ultimate sacrifice to defeat HYDRA and awaken Bucky within the Winter Soldier.Much has happened in the time she was asleep. The Avengers have fought another threat of their own making and have added new members to the team. Grant Barnes is alive, Steve and Natasha are a couple, and Bucky is still missing. To Emma, everything seems to be the same.But nothing lasts forever. The events of a failed mission force the Avengers to make a choice: safety or freedom. Sides are taken which sever the Avengers down the middle. Things are not always as they seem. Agendas and secrets split apart the Avengers more effectively than enemies ever could. And with a confused Bucky in the mix, the truth about his and Emma's past is bound to come to light: the good and the bad. One secret in particular involves all of them.A secret that will bring the Avengers to their end.[COMPLETED]{Cover by @CaroDelMonte © 2018}
Honeybee | Wanda Maximoff {AU}
Set in an alternate universe, where the heroes of the Marvel universe are not Avengers but normal students at Violet Hill Community College, comes a story about love, tragedy, and magic.Sarai Rizkallah has always been defined by what has happened to her. She was left an orphan in Beirut, Lebanon, at age twelve. She wandered the streets of the capital city for almost four years, struggling to survive. After showing away on a cargo ship, she was discovered and taken in by the captain of that ship. Hal Chapelo became an adoptive father of sorts. For Sarai, her life has been one tragedy after another.But now Hal is dead, right as Sarai decided to go back to school. The fall semester at VHCC is about to start, and she's forced to move into a dorm room after Hal's funeral. She knows that the classes will be hard, that nothing will be the same, but she never thought that it would be this different. She never thought she would meet new friends: Tony Stark, Carol Danvers, and Pepper Potts. She even rekindles her friendship with a former lover, Steve Rogers, and makes friends with plenty of other heroes in their own right.Sarai never thought she would meet Wanda Maximoff.But Wanda isn't the only thing that causes Sarai to hesitate. Magic is in the autumn air, and not just figuratively. A deep-seeded magic that Sarai never knew she had starts to blossom, just like a romance with Wanda. With this magic comes a destiny Sarai didn't know she had. A destiny that brings an obligation to save those in need. A destiny that will change her and her new friends' lives forever.[Watt-tober 2018 project][Cover is temporary.]
Nothing left to lose
Top of my schoolMost popular By far the prettiest But what happens whenEverything in life pilesUp on top of each Other?One answer.Timid lakes.
Age Of Miracles | Pietro Maximoff
AGE OF MIRACLESBook ThreeFollowing Age of Glory and Age of Darkness· ~ · ~ · ~ · ~ ·The girl, Elaine, winces, stumbling as she holds her side. Her hand stains with blood insantly. Without hesitating, Sif rushes over to her, helping her stand. "You are hurt, young one. You have just come from battle, I think."Elaine nods, but tries to push Sif away. "I must give her a warning. I must..." Before she can say another word, Elaine falls to the ground, her eyes fluttering closed as the wound in her side pour blood. Sif turns to Hogun. "Run! Get help!" Hogun nods, turning and rushing away at furious speed. Sif turns back to the mysterious girl, holding a hand to her wound. "Do not fear. Hogun has gone for Eir, our healer. She will make you well." Elaine continues to mumble unrecognizable things. "What is it? Who are you trying to get to?"Elaine turns to Sif, grabbing the warrior by her arm. Sif's attention is caught, focusing only on the next words that she utters."I must speak with Gloria Maximoff."· ~ · ~ · ~ · ~ ·It's been five years since the Maximoffs said goodbye to the Avengers and their old lives. As far as the world knows, they're long dead. Living in Sokovia has treated them well, but everyone feels that something is coming.When Thor comes back to Earth for the first time in years, he tells of a girl who came through the Bifrost with one of the Infinity Stones in her possession: the Time Stone. She claims to be from the future and comes with a apocalyptic message: The universe itself will be destroyed if Glory and the Avengers can't change the past.Thanos is coming, with him Death and destruction, as he claims each Infinity Stone for his own. This is the Infinity War Glory has been dreading.Who is Elaine Nomad? Is she who she says she is? Will Glory and Pietro be able to pull the Avengers back together to save the universe from Thanos? Will this dance with Death be the end of the Avengers?[COMPLETED]{Cover by @CaroDelMonte 20
In Time | The Flash
Aspen Penrose can't remember what it was like before the Particle Accelerator exploded two years ago. The bright light in the sky, the wave of energy raging towards her, and the pain she felt when knocked unconscious in her home. Every part of her was changed: every molecule, every atom, every strand of DNA. She was no longer the twenty-four year old woman with a six year old daughter and a humane society for animals to run. She became a metahuman.At the very same time, her half-sister, Trillium Penrose, was dramatically changed. The artist became a member of Team Flash after realizing what she had become, and for two years kept this secret from her older sister.It wasn't until two years after the explosion, one year after the appearance of the mysterious Flash, that Aspen's magical abilities started to control her instead of the other way around. Without meaning to, she nearly destroyed her company's building, almost killing her friends and employees. It wasn't until the Flash stopped her and took her to S.T.A.R. Labs that she realized how different she had actually become.During her stay at the Labs, she learned all that Barry Allen, Cisco Ramone, Caitlin Snow, and her own sister had done for Central City. How they had stopped evil Harrison Wells, aka Eobard Thawne. They had saved countless lives, including hers. While Aspen sought out a way to repay them for all they'd done, a new enemy reered it's ugly head in the most horrific way: kidnapping her daughter from her elementary school and holding her for ransom.Will Team Flash be able to save Aspen's daughter? Will they be able to stop the new enemy that's threatening Central City? Who is Julian Albert and why does Trillium continue to try to help him? Do Barry and Aspen have something between them? Will the Penrose sisters relationship heal after two years of lies? Will Aspen claim her new title of hero alongside the Flash?{COMPLETED}
Words of Dust
A collection of short prose, poetry, and other words from the depths of my soul
Reoccurring Dream: A Narumitsu Fanfiction
Miles Edgeworth has been having a reoccurring dream about a certain spikey-haired defense attorney.Miles worries that this dream will only cause destruction in his life, especially regarding his developing friendship with Phoenix. But little does he know that Phoenix loves him too.***I DO NOT OWN ACE ATTORNEY OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS***
300 Words: The Marvel Cast Imagines {CLOSED}
Marvel cast imagines in 300 words!REQUESTS ARE CLOSED.[Updated upon requests]{Cover is by Royale Wolf, based on a piece by @arymyth, © 2016}
Accidents Happen
Meet the Brooks, a very happy family with all the things they want and need.Danylynn and Natalie are the oldest in the fam along with their brother Aaron who is 15 years old and their youngest sister, Baylee, who's 4 years old.These for kids were raised by the humble parents, Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Lauren.All these 6 people lived a happy and normal life.But everything changed...on a midday Monday.
300 Words: The Avengers Imagines {CLOSED}
Avengers imagines in 300 words!REQUESTS ARE CLOSED.[Updated upon requests]{Cover by @arymyth © 2016}
300 Words: The Star Trek Imagines
Star Trek imagines in 300 words!REQUESTS ARE OPEN.-This Book Is Dedicated To Anton Yelchin1989 - 2016Rest In Peace, Chekov.To Leonard Nimoy1931 - 2015Rest In Peace, Spock.To James Doohan1920 - 2005Rest In Peace, Scotty.And To DeForest Kelley1920 - 1999Rest In Peace, Bones.-[Updated upon requests]{Cover is temporary}
Asexuality & Aromanticism
{#3 in Non-Fiction as of May 3rd -- July 1st}This is a book for posting facts, problems, and other things about asexuality and aromanticism . Since I am asexual and lithromantic (a subcategory of aromanticism), and I've yet to see a book on ace and aros, I though I'd share my thoughts and things I've found on the Internet! I hope someone can learn something from this. If you have questions, feel free to comment or PM me!
A Candid Lens
In this story, you follow Alex, a freshman in high school who goes through bullying and only keeps from breaking down because of her best friend, Cassie. Cassie also gets bullied for having a crush on Alex. Cause of this their bully, Joe gets even more vicious. You are able to see all sides of the story, and you can form your own opinions on it.
A Breakdown
When a high schooler has a breakdown, their mind goes crazy. This is only part of what happens in there. This was from a school assignment where I had to write a 250-word short story. The character is supposed to have both Aspergers and ADHD/ADD. This is one of my first short stories that I had to write in a time crunch of 45 minutes. Please be nice or just don't say anything at all. Thank you for choosing to read this horrible short story.
Here comes the girl with the broken smile
"Here comes the girl with the broken smile." She whispers, and vanishes. What have I become?
I Will Never Admit It
A short story (letter?) for a writing contest called Letters To My Ex!