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Written for Zutara Month/Zutara Big Bang/Zutara Week 2024. Katara, a lovely and ambitious Southern waterbender, is chosen as the first maiden from her tribe to be brought to Fire Lord Iroh's court during its Bride Season when thirty-six eligible young ladies compete for Crown Prince Zuko's hand. She moves into the Lotus Villa, the part of the palace where she and the other potential brides are kept safe, and befriends the front runners in the Bride Season despite her blossoming feelings for Prince Zuko. But life at court isn't all parties and dashing suitors. Katara is swept up in political rivalries which threaten her new friends and the prince she loves.…

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Kaoru (17)- the spirited and willful daughter of a wealthy daimyo, and the niece of the powerful General Saito of Mibu. Being used as bargaining chip in the war between Mibu and Choshu. Wants to humiliate her childhood crush Yukishiro Enishi by publicly refusing his marriage offer. Can't resist getting into trouble. A general menace to society.Kenshin (20)- Known as Battousai and believed to be a demon. The most feared warrior in the Choshu faction. Five years earlier, he was engaged to the beautiful Yukishiro Tomoe, who he was infatuated with, and made a vow to fight and protect her. Tomoe ended up eloping with someone else and Kenshin realized that his feelings for her were shallow and immature. But he's now stuck fighting in a war he doesn't want to fight, where he's killed countless people and is seen as a blood thirsty monster, because of a vow he made when he was a dumb fifteen-year-old.…

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YYH Regency AU, inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility. A second chance romance between two childhood friends who thought they'd outgrown each other. After being abandoned by her childhood sweetheart, Yusuke Urameshi, Keiko Yukimura swore she'd introduce him to her husband when he returned. With her father dead, and she and her mother obliged to leave their home, Keiko had little choice but to become engaged to the wealthy and rakish Shinobu Sensui. Her plans for the future are complicated when Yusuke comes home after three years. Keiko and Yusuke are thrown back together when they're both invited to a house party at the home of a mutual friend. She's determined to show that she's moved on from him and he sets out to save her from an unhappy marriage.…

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War has raged outside the walls of Troy for the past seven years. Safe inside the royal palace, Briseis, a spirited young Trojan princess, sits back as her famous cousins, Hector and Paris, fight against the Greeks, who encroach upon Troy's borders more each day. An ill-advised trip outside the safety of the palace leads to Briseis being captured and held hostage by the Greeks. She's put in the custody of Prince Achilles of Thessaly, a moody and impulsive young man who just happens to be the Greeks' greatest warrior. Achilles is destined to win glory and immortality but live a short and tragic life. Briseis is given in an arranged marriage to Achilles and the two find that their union might be based on more than just politics. But when Achilles comes into conflict with the greedy and powerful, King Agamemnon, it sets off a cycle of violence and tragedy that threatens all they both care about.…

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This is a screenplay adaptation of my story, Retribution. The story takes place in 1930s Paris. The main character is a young girl named Marianne who comes across a half Algerian petty criminal named Augustin. They begin a romance, which Marianne tries to hide from her disapproving guardians. Augustin gets deeply involved with some dangerous character and is roped into being party of a robbery. Marianne has other admirers: Gabriel, a respectable farmer's son who is devoted to her, and Edmond, the wealthy husband of her cousin whose intentions are less than honorable.…

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Zutara Week 2023 Day One: HomeDay Two: Solstice Day Three: Union Day Four: Jewel Day Five: Respite Day Six: Forge Day Seven: Flow…

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Based on The Swan Princess/Swan LakePrincess Annabeth of Athens has been betrothed to Prince Percy of Crete practically since she was born. The two spent their childhoods butting heads but after a period of separation, they reunite and discover that they've been in love the entire time. Their wedding plans are interrupted when an exiled witch named Circe curses Annabeth to take on the form of an owl and be a prisoner in the magical island of Ogygia. Will true love break the spell?…

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Katara is captured during a Fire Nation raid. When her identity as a chief's daughter marks her out as a valuable hostage, she is taken under the protection of Prince Zuko, her safety and wellbeing dependent on her people's cooperation. Passions rage between her and her supposed protector and they are caught up in a plot to unite their warring countries.…

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Princess Azula, the ambitious and ruthless younger sister of Fire Lord Zuko, hears from a mysterious peasant woman that she will one day be Fire Lord. When her brother dies a sudden and untimely death, Azula sees an opportunity to take the throne from his rightful heir, her niece, Crown Princess Izumi. Left widowed and vulnerable after the death of her beloved husband, Fire Lady Katara, looks to protect their children from an aunt who wants to get rid of them. When her two sons are captured and imprisoned, she sends her daughter, Princess Izumi, the rightful heir to the throne, into hiding. Fleeing into the Earth Kingdom under the protection of seven fearsome, female warriors, Princess Izumi settles in an abandoned shrine and trains for the day she can retake the throne from her usurping aunt. That is, if she can survive Azula's assassination attempts.…

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Day 1: HairDay 2: DisguisedDay 3: Glow Day 4: Free Day.Day 5: Mend Day 6 : SpiritsDay 7: StoriesDay 1: But Someone Might Here you? Day 1: "But Someone Might Hear"…

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My name is Rachel Lesch and I love to get away from time to time. This is the diary of all my travels, vacations, and adventures.…

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Zutara Week/ Zutara Smut Week 2022. After being rejected by her first love, Prince Zuko, Katara settles for an arranged marriage to the childish but well-meaning Avatar Aang. She grows increasingly frustrated with her immature and whimsical husband and seeks solace with the very same Prince Zuko who broke her heart. Racked with guilt for his feelings for his best friend's wife and regret that he let Katara go in the first place, Zuko imagines an alternative timeline where he and Katara have the happily-ever-after they were denied. Katara's POV: Katara's timeline Zuko's POV: Zuko's timeline…

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Fiesty Annabeth Chase is thrilled when she is invited to the Duke of Olympus's house party. While her best friend Piper begins a romance with Lord Jason Grace, the Duke's son and heir, Annabeth crosses paths with Lieutenant Perseus Jackson, a dashing but aloof naval officer who she feels an irresistible attraction to despite herself. Sparks and snark fly in this period romance based on the works of Jane Austen.…

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It's 1930 and Prohibition is underway. Two rival gangs, the Olympians and the Titians, fight for control of New York City. Caught up in this battle is a young bootlegger named Percy Jackson, in love with a brilliant and beautiful architect named Annabeth Chase.…

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Annabeth was born the illegitimate daughter of a Roman patrician and a Gaulish slave. After the death of her stepmother and stepbrothers from a fever, Annabeth finds herself raised from a lowly slave to an eligible heiress, with the obligations such a position entails. A high born Roman maiden must marry someone who father chooses for her for the good of her family. What happens when she falls for the son of her father's sworn enemy? Life in the army has given Percy a taste of freedom and he was not looking forward to his return home to Rome, where his parents' expectations and his responsibilities as heir to one of wealthiest families in the city wait for him. The future looks bleak and constraining until he meets a grey-eyed girl at banquet. Piper is considered the most beautiful girl in Rome but feels like a shadow in her own home. Her father ignores her because she brings back painful memories of her late mother. Her stepmother is jealous of her beauty and treats her cruelly. But Piper's fortunes look up when she attracts the attention of the man of her dreams. Jason is the son of a powerful general and senator. His father's ambition and the turbulent events which rack the city put his family and friends in danger. When the girl he loves is kidnapped, Jason will stop at nothing to find her. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Roman civil wars, romantic and political intrigue await our young lovers.…

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Each day, I will think of three things I'm grateful for and answer a journal prompt. Hopefully, this will help with my anxiety and depression.…

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My take on my favorite folk and fairy tales, myths, and legends…

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This is the story of Orpheus and Eurydice as told in Anaïs Mitchell's album "Hadestown" and stage adaptation. In depression era New Orleans, young Orpheus and Eurydice fall in love but Eurydice dreams of a better life than the poverty she grew up in, which Orpheus cannot give her. When Eurydice is lured away to the eponymous "Hadestown" with promises of comfort and security, Orpheus sets out to get her back.…

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I find the complexity of the Hamliza (Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler) relation fertile ground for writing. So here are Hamliza related stories I've written…

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After her husband's infidelity becomes public, Eliza Hamilton must sort out the complex feelings she has for a man she had once swore to love and honor with all her heart and now loathes just as ardently. When the family's good name is threatened, Alexander, Eliza's regretful husband, seeks to undo the damage to his reputation and win back his wife, while their hot headed young son Philip is caught up in an affair of honor. As scandal leads to tragedy, will the Hamiltons stay together or be torn apart?…