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What if you were told you were nothing, but then you became everything?After being abandoned by her parents and abused by the closest thing she ever had for family, Ariella Mathews has no hope for a better life and spends her days only hoping for as little pain as possible. This fifteen year old girl only knew a life of fear and hatred, she never believed that there would be a place for her and her Power of Healing since the Troupe, a group of nomads, told her that she, and it, were nothing. All of that changed when the Troupe turned to the City of Shona, the Capital of Powered People, for protection against people who want to kill them. With her head filled with lies, Ariella has to learn the truth about her family, love, and her Power, but only if she can let go of the fear inside of her.#Visible #Wattys2015…

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What happens when more than a million people fall into a coma for some unknown reason? The world falls into chaos and thousands of people are trying to figure out what happened. Meanwhile, that same group of people are transported into another world resembling a video game. Among them are two adolescents named Dustin and Ele, who are tasked with figuring out how to survive in this new place and the way to beat it in order to return back to their own world.Dustin goes on to become a sword fighter that is second in command of a guild while Ele stays behind as a cook to help those who can't fight. However, everything goes awry when countless priests and magicians are slaughtered.Unknown to both Dustin and the remaining population, Ele is hiding something important. With her secret comes a renewed hope of beating this virtual reality for good, that is, if she can survive.…

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What if you were told you were nothing, but then you became everything? After being abandoned by her parents and abused by the closest thing she ever had for family, Ariella Mathews has no hope for a better life and spends her days only hoping for as little pain as possible. This fifteen year old girl only knew a life of fear and hatred, she never believed that there would be a place for her and her Power of Healing since the Conleth, a group of nomads, told her that she, and it, were nothing. All of that changed when the Conleth abandoned Ariella in the middle of nowhere, forcing her to wander the forest in search of help. Days would pass until she was rescued, escorted to the City of Shona, and given a chance she had never dreamed possible. With her head filled with lies, Ariella has to learn the truth about her family, love, and her Power, but only if she can let go of the fear inside of her.…

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Angelwood Academy is a prestigious school for artists and athletes, and the ultimate goal for anyone who wants a future in either. As a new student at the academy, Isabella Castella hopes to further her skills as a writer in her first year away from home.It doesn't take long for Isabella to find new friends who encourage her in her writing endeavors or the enemies that want nothing more than for her to fail. With the help of her friends: a violinist, a singer, and a model, Isabella begins to finally understand that writing is more than passion, but her life. However the real challenge comes when Isabella must find the strength to prove to everyone, especially herself, that writing is her only dream worth pursuing.…

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Shouldering the responsibility for her nine siblings since her mother'sdeath, Princess Illiana was reluctant to heed her father's orders for anarranged marriage. Her father threatened to beat her siblings if she did notaccept and, so, Illiana was sent away to be married to the High Prince Reginald.Fearful of getting close to the man who would make her life miserable, Illianatried her hardest to keep him out of her heart. The only issue, the way she wasliving with her new husband was nothing like she expected. Her thoughts becamefilled with questions, questions she was too afraid to ask aloud. Questions like why the other women were happy? Why the otherwomen had wings when she was told the wings would be clipped? Why Reginald wasalways nice to her and never hurt her? And most of all, why was she chosen?…

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We've all had our inner battles, the fights that no one sees, the unheard pleas for help, and the unshed tears. Many of us know what it's like inside,but it's hard to put the pain into words. This is a story for all those who fight the inner fights that no one sees or hears. The battle is hard, the war seems never ending, and reality is frightening.…

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What could bind a horse, two pasts, and three unclear futures together? A secret that threatens to be revealed.Alisha Parks was always on the run from a real-life nightmare and her heart was shut off to the world, but it wasn't always that way. She hoped, vainly, that this horrible fate would end with her, and would never inflict anyone else for her biggest fear was that it would continue on and destroy the lives of even more people, just like it destroyed her's. When she's forced to return to the only place she knew happiness, she promised herself she would do anything to keep them safe. Even if that meant giving up everything.Lucas Stalls always remembered the small girl who raised a horse with him, the girl he spent every day with and never had enough time with her and her bright smile. He could never forget how the same girl was broken and bloodied before she disappeared and no one knew what became of her. While the others gave up hope and accepted that she was gone, Lucas never did. He knew she would return, but he wasn't as prepared as he thought he was for how much she had changed.…

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This is a poem about a recent instance. A young boy that I knew had taken his own life in the middle of the night, destroying the lives of my friend and her family. No one saw this coming, no one expected it. This is my poem to him and to all of you who may be down in the dumps and considering it. No matter how little you think people care about you, how pointless your life is, there is always someone out there who cares. This poem will, hopefully, show the reactions and thoughts to a mind blowing, unexpected, and horrible instance that is taking away many of the youth today.…

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So, for those of you who want to know a bit more about me, here you go~…