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"Tell me, Gwen," Peter says, looking at me with his impossible green eyes. "Are you afraid of the dark?""No." I say, and I'm lying. But he pretends that I'm not, and I pretend not to notice, and the portal zips shut behind us. No going back now."Welcome," the hollow children say, as I follow Peter through the crowd. "Welcome to Neverland, Gwendolyn. Welcome to the World of Unhappy Endings."~~~When Gwendolyn McKinnith gets lost in the stacks of the Library of Congress, she never expects to find an ancient book stuffed into a random, hidden corner. It's called the Book of Unhappy Endings, and it seems to call to her, begging her to take it home.But when Gwen opens the Book, bad things start to happen in her life, and all the light begins to bleed from her world. Creatures of Nightmare start to tear at the very fabric of time and nothing anyone tries is able to stop them.Then, a young man shows up in Gwen's bedroom; he is tall and beautiful and elfin, and there are shadows in his brilliant green eyes. He tells her that he is Peter Pan, and he needs her to come with him to Neverland or her world will descend into anarchy.Gwen wants to save the world, but to do that, she'll have to enter the Book with Peter and never come out again. She'll have to give up everything; her family, her friends, her life.Even her chance at Happily Ever After.Book Two in the Neverland Archives (they do NOT have to be read in order! This is purely for the history and timeline of Neverland).…

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Mirror, Mirror, on the wall,You'll turn ruby as you fall...Mirror, Mirror, on the wall,No more fairest of them all...~~~Ebony lives in the Mirror Palace, where the Crystal Queen rules all she sees. At least, Ebony thinks she's alive. No one seems to be able to see her--not even Ebony herself, when she looks into a mirror. The only time anyone notices Ebony is during the day, when they walk past her in the gardens--or use her for various things, such as a coat rack or a convenient shadow-caster. During these moments, Ebony wants nothing more than to speak, to be heard--but Ebony can't speak, or move, or even breathe, because Ebony is little more than a statue, frozen in marble.She doesn't know why she comes alive after the sun sets, or why she can run all the way into the Faerie Forest and still find herself back in the gardens once the moon is gone.Ebony doesn't know much of anything at all, except that she loves Prince Castor, who spends every afternoon reading in the shade she casts, and that she fears the Crystal Queen.Ebony believes that she'll be trapped in marble forever, but with the arrival of Henric, a huntsman hired by the Crystal Queen to track a rare white hart, her fate begins to change...Book One in the Neverland Archives (they do NOT have to be read in order! This is merely for the history of the world). #SnowWhiteRetellingNOTICE:©2016 Eon Ice. All rights reserved. An original work is protected under copyright law as soon as it is fixed in a tangible form. This material may not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed without the express prior written permission of the copyright holder. (Basically, if you steal this, I can and will sue your butt off. It's mine.)…

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One night of pleasure can lead to a lifetime's worth of pain... ~~~ Moira was raised to become Queen, but she's more interested in riding horses and learning to bake pastries than she is in politics. An adventurous sort, Moira is quickly taken advantage of when she meets a breathtakingly handsome stranger one night by the Docks. Three days later, she's formally betrothed to the handsome, kind Crown Prince Jaron--already having betrayed him. As if that isn't enough to make Moira sick at heart, strange things begin happening, and she starts seeing monsters straight from fairytales--centaurs and snake-men and women with wings. What's worse, these creatures are hunting, and their prey is Moira herself. The only person who believes her is the sharp-eyed, sharper-tongued leader of the Izani Troupe, Inex. He has secrets of his own, though, and Moira might not be able to trust him... or anyone else.…

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A series of short stories revolving around characters from my fantasy world Pherrai. Basically bonus content to my books xD It's rated mature because some content may be triggering to certain audiences -- I don't censor myself when it comes to the crap my characters have been through (I do not, however, write smut v.v Nor will you find any cursing herein). #840 in short story 7/2/16…

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When Mark accidentally turns his best friend's goldfish into a mermaid, neither teenager knows what to do. The creature isn't supposed to exist!The poor little goldfish doesn't know what to do either, and she doesn't trust the giant beings who walk around outside her glass home. The only being she trusts is Chaos--the lazy cat who often watches her as she swims.But life isn't easy for a tiny mermaid--especially a mermaid who's in love with a cat.And Mark could get into serious trouble if the professors at the Academy find out he's been using his powers in the outside world...…

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A short romantic Nightwing oneshot.…

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The Evans family has a long history of blue, blue blood, all of them exemplary, upstanding government agents, and it's all thanks to their matriarch: Angelica Thomas.But amidst the blue blood there is a stain of black, marring the family name--something even the Evans themselves aren't aware of.When Eric Evans' great uncle calls him to the family mansion one day, he never expects to be given Angelica's diary.And he certainly doesn't expect the secrets it contains.Sometimes blood isn't all that it seems.And sometimes legacies are lies.…

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Prince Zuko has been searching for the Avatar for two long years. To date, he's found absolutely nothing. All he really knows is that the Avatar is an airbender, the last of his kind.Fed up, Zuko begins searching every ship he meets, demanding information about the Avatar's whereabouts. This doesn't go over very well with most people, but what are they going to do against a ship full of firebenders? They answer Zuko's questions and breathe sighs of relief when the banished prince leaves.Or at least, they do... until one day, Zuko boards a small sailing vessel, with a crew of only seven people. The only passenger aboard isn't too happy with Zuko's attitude, and she lets him know it--by force. Zuko declares war against their ship, and chases them to the Southern Air Temple. When he follows the impudent girl up the mountain, he never expects to catch her airbending. But once he does, he's certain that his quest is over--he's found the Avatar.Her name is Storm--or at least, that's what she calls herself. Is it true? Is she the last airbender? Is she the Avatar? And if so, what happened to Aang?Only Storm knows the answers--and she's not talking.…

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"I'm the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation. I know lots of things." The corner of his mouth tilts in a strange kind of smile, one that sends a good kind of shiver down my spine."The TRAITOR Prince. I don't think you're even classified as a Prince anymore. Just a traitor." I mock him with the word, but my eyes are smiling still."Do we have a deal, or not?" "You first, Firefly."He grins. "How do I know I can trust you?"I grin back. "You don't."_____In the Fire Nation, one name is cursed and feared above all others: the name of the Painted Lady. Some believe her to be a rogue spirit, others think that she's just a ruthless bandit with a lust for gold.What none of them guess is that the Painted Lady is more than either of those things; she's a girl out for revenge. One day, the unthinkable happens: her plans for vengeance are interrupted, and she's thrown into the infamous Boiling Rock Prison to rot.She believes she will die there... until the ghosts of her past catch up to her, and she has a choice to make: join the Avatar and his friends in a quest to stop the Fire Nation the RIGHT way... or use Aang to get close to Ozai and kill him herself.…

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Taken far from her world and everything she knows, Katara was forced to find a new way to live and a new place to call home. Now, years later, she's returned to the Southern Water Tribe, but she's not the same person she was, and her past makes it difficult for her to fit in. The South Pole doesn't feel like home anymore, but everyone around her sees her true home as an enemy that needs to be destroyed. Caught between two worlds, Katara lives in stasis, lost and longing for the life she left behind in the Fire Nation--and the boy she once loved more than life itself.When she and her brother find a boy trapped in an iceberg, Katara's world is torn apart yet again... and the journey she embarks on will take her farther than she ever imagined she could go.*A Zutara Fanfic*…

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*A Zutara fanfic*Kara has been living in a little fishing village in the northern Earth Kingdom for as long as she can remember--literally. She woke up on its shores nearly six months ago, and she knows that if it hadn't been for Aki, she'd be dead. She's accepted that her life is in this village now, whoever she may have been--to her mind, it's better this way.It's better not knowing.But then a boy comes to the village--a boy who carries himself like a man. He's different from anyone Kara's ever seen before, and he seems to know her, he seems to understand her in a way no one else has.His name, he says, is Lee, but he says no more than that, and Kara is lost. How is she supposed to reconcile the little she knows about herself with this handsome, scarred stranger? How is she supposed to know what to do, when she doesn't even know who, or what, she is?And, more importantly, how is the banished prince of the worst nation in history supposed to convince a girl with no memory--a girl that he believed to be dead because of his actions--that he's on her side, when he knows that if she ever remembers, she will hate him?…

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Ever since Katara got her memory back, she's hated Zuko. And who wouldn't? After all, he lied to her and used her, or so she thinks...But now a new element has arrived, in the form of Twila, a girl from a place that shouldn't exist: a sea of ice between the poles. She says her people are descended from the ancient Spirits, before the time of benders and humanity. But what does she want with Katara and Zuko? What is this Prophecy she speaks of? And who will survive, when the world is at stake?…

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Long ago, the Sun and Moon began a feud that tore the human world apart. At the center of it all was their daughter, Harmony. Now, many millennia later, the story unfolds yet again.Zuko and Katara have been fighting for so long, caught in a vice between their lies and the truths they don't want to see. And stuck in the middle is their daughter, Allia. Can the little girl become the bridge between her parents' worlds? Can she save them from their fate--can anyone?At this point... no one knows.…

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Just a bunch of oneshots and short stories that have been floating around in my head. Some are based off random episodes, some are semi-changed plots, etc. Enjoy. XDShips included are:ZutaraTaangSukka (is that the name for Sokka/Suki?)Sokkla (Azukka)And probably more will be added over time.…

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This is my book of "light" poetry.…

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This is my book of "dark" poetry.…