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An 18+ fairytale, with boys: so be warned. It's about a thief and a king. But not all of it is what it looks like ... This is my attempt for ONC2025. Enjoy ♥ Prompts I used: 33. In a time when same-sex marriage was still a stigma, two kings defy convention and marry each other - igniting a conflict that threatens to spark a world war. 137. 'I'm a [king] and I can't love a person who is a thief and has robbed our palace's treasure. But I can't help it.'

Orcs were a warring race. They were a tough race. They were the kind who thought that a male loving a male was lowering himself and weak. Snow Elves were beautiful with pale skin and silvery hair. They were also arrogant with any race outside their own. While most races were conservative with their lovers. Elves were free about loving, inside their own race but didn't love outside it. What happens when an Orc Warrior falls for an Elven Prince? Excerpt: "Damn Elves. Think their are better than everyone. I could break one in half with two fingers." my brother says. We watched the long procession of them winding through the city. These were ice elves. They were tall, lithe, silver hair and pale skin. Eyes every shade of blue that could exist. Clothes of white that made their skin look shimmery. Unlike my brother I thought they were beautiful. Something that none of my race would like me thinking. Being an Orc I was raised from the time I could walk with a sword in my hand. Our natural desires made us great warriors. I had been a soldier since I was sixteen years old. Orcs weren't known for romantic notions such as beauty, unless it was to describe an ax throw. We ate drank and breathed war. With the race wars centuries past we all mingled freely with each other but there was still those that didn't like each other. My brother was one who thought that humans were decent and Elves were arrogant. Though most any Orc didn't like them because they had a tendency to insult us the first chance they got. "Someday one's going to hear you and going to shove their slim little dagger up your nose." I tell him. He laughs and scratches at his chin.

Reyna the Unyielding was once a legendary warrior, feared on the battlefield and respected across the land. But after hanging up her sword to raise her newborn, she thought her days of heroism were over... until an ancient prophecy declares that her son is destined to defeat the dark sorcerer, Malekar the Malevolent. While the kingdom panics, and old heroes refuse to come out of retirement, Reyna decides she can't wait for fate to sort itself out. With her baby strapped to her back, Reyna assembles an unlikely team--a nervous young sorcerer, an ancient druid with questionable memory, and a monk who swore never to kill again--to stop Malekar before her baby even learns to walk. Evil may never sleep... but neither does a newborn. ONC 2025/Prompt 3

~*ONC shortlist*~ It's up to a climbing enthusiast, and the local jaded doctor to find out what's going on when a mysterious hole appears in their town's park at the same time that a strange new illness starts ravaging the community. *ONC 2023 From the ONC Prompts: 38) A seemingly bottomless pit was found, for which the depth can't be determined. Over time, scores of people began using it to illegally dump trash. Many have jumped believing that they'll find life's answers within it. Today, we learn the truth about the hole. 54) As townspeople are overcome with a deadly sickness, it's up to you, the only one not afflicted, to find the cause and cure. 69) I had a marvelous time ruining everything - Taylor Swift.

*UNDER GOING EDITING* She knew she could never have him, but a girl could dream couldn't she? And as she sat in her dank cell with Dwalin pacing before her all she could do was think, and her thoughts made the dirt on the bottom of an orcs foot look clean. ------------------ Join Fawn on the adventure of a life time and experience what its like to be a hybrid in the company of dwarves, a hobbit, and an odd wizard as Fawn helps reclaim a lost home and shows an elf king to love once again. But not all stories have a happy ending. Especially if you're part elf, part dwarf. Laugh, cry, and dream with Fawn as she fights for the ones she loves and slowly cracks open Thranduil's Heart Of Stone.

A woman cursed with immortality navigates a post-apocalyptic world in order to hunt down the god that cursed her...and kill him. (full blurb inside) Written for ONC 2024 | Prompt 63. In a world of curses and gifts, you find yourself cursed with immortality - in the apocalypse. | First Draft

After six years in a progressive French boarding school, eighteen-year-old Lady Alice returns to her family's estate in Surrey, dreading the fate that awaits her-- debutante balls, an arranged marriage, and a life she does not want. She would have preferred to stay in France, teaching and writing love tales rather than living one dictated by others. Once cast aside by her own father and a stepmother, Alice finds their sudden desire for reconciliation hollow. Only her childhood best friend, Michael, Marquess Lovelace, seems like a true comfort. But as she settles back into her former home, something strange begins to happen. A black rabbit, eerily familiar, appears in the shadows-- just like the one that belonged to Edmond, her long-forgotten imaginary friend. And then she meets Count D'Arcy, the enigmatic and elusive neighbour whose presence unsettles her. His eyes, his voice, his very being remind her of Edmond. Could it be him? Or is her mind playing tricks on her? As the social season unfolds, Alice finds herself tangled in a web of mystery, romance, and the supernatural. The past and present blur, forcing her to question what is real, what is illusion, and whether love can exist beyond the bounds of reason. In the haunting halls of her childhood home and under the watchful gaze of Count D'Arcy, Alice must uncover the truth before she loses herself to the unknown. ~~~ My entry for the ONC 2025 based on the prompt 105: Your childhood imaginary friend, who disappeared years ago, suddenly returns - only this time, they're real.

The worst thing about working at a dating agency is being constantly surrounded by love, even when your own heart is broken. That's the case for Liam. Still, he hasn't given up on the idea of true love. Gavin, on the other hand, doesn't believe in love at all. The only reason he seeks it is to keep his parents from controlling his life. Will Liam be the one to convince him that love really exists? . . . !!This is my submission for the Open Novella Contest 2025!! Prompt 49: As a love mentor, you suddenly experience a devastating breakup. Now, you've fallen for someone who doesn't believe in love at all. Can this unique connection heal you?

When the towns local Witch goes missing, her two familiars set out to find her. Matias only really likes one person, his witch, Eve. So when she goes missing one day he's determined to find her. Even if that means putting up with the annoying crow of hers. But there's only one problem, Matias has no clue where to start. Logical, the only right thing to do is blame the girl who's always hanging out around their cottage. Selene has been told to be scared of the witch that lives at the edge of town, and she is. Or at least she thinks she is. The witch is the only one who really stirs something in her gut, and it has to be fear, right? When a cat and a crow come to ask her to help them find the witch she's hesitant. How could she possibly be able to find her? But when no one else in town seems to be searching and the cat seems almost desperate she decides to help. How hard can it be to find someone who disappeared without leaving anything behind? *** An ONC 2024 Novella