Dolores Umbridge, a shrewd and cunning woman, always had great plans for getting ahead in Ministry. Her ruthless determination got her pretty far, but she wanted to go even further. Brewing a glass of sherry - her favourite drink - she charmed a powerful man with a love potion. From this union, a young girl was born named Clarisse Havenport. A great future waits ahead of her, and eleven years later, she goes to Hogwarts for her first year. She's sure to make a great impression upon everyone... And get herself in a fair bit of trouble.…
Bianca Hartwell feels disconnected from the world. Every day, she works at her dull office job and goes back to her empty apartment, having no one to talk to because she can't connect with people. The voice of her dead sister still haunts her. Her job is her life because it's all she has, and in a way, she's become used to her complacency. Until she experiences a warp out of time... Written for TEGSA 2026 by @AprilJester…
(Also posted on AO3)Marianne Hayes is a witch.Or at least that's what they all say.Her parents having died when she was young, Marianne Hayes is taken under the care of her great aunt Louise, who makes her the apprentice at the local apothecary, always making her work and never letting her see the world beyond. Lately, medicine has been in high demand, for there's a mysterious illness spreading, and it's connected to the rise of magic. Young women accused of being witches are executed left and right. Marianne's dull routine threatens to shatter, and it's exactly what happens. When a charming priest named Tobias walks into the apothecary looking for the cure, an incident happens, and people start accusing Marianne of being a witch. But then Tobias saves her life, and it seems to be the solution to everything. Getting to explore the world beyond, elevating her standing in society, finding the man of her dreams, but most importantly, figuring out the mystery of her parents' death.There's just one thing, though.It comes at a terrible price.…
Mara Jane saw no meaning in life anymore. After falling out with her best friends, wondering how she's going to graduate from high school, and not being able to find a boyfriend for years, she had no idea how to go on. No one understood what she was going through, and she became increasingly more isolated. Until one day, she saw an online post about a new park opening... And met a charming young man named Julian Simmons, who turned out to be the park owner's son. Maybe he could teach her the meaning of life.***Submission for Pink Literary Society Spring Anthology - It's Raining, Let's Kiss…
In the first days of spring, a call for renewal is heard, and the air is brimming with potential. The wind scatters the blossoms around, searching for an answer...…
In a world full of monsters, sometimes you have no choice but to become one. The kingdom of Aspera is in disarray, and its queen, Julia Semel, fears that she may lose everything. She's losing popularity with the royal court, her cousin rightfully contests her claim to the throne, and invading armies threaten to ravage her homeland. The chaos is a prime opportunity for the enemies to strike. If she fails to unite her people, it's the end of Aspera as they know it. However, there seems to be nothing she can do, especially with Melinda Bellerose, the ruler of a world power, vying for the throne. There may be one solution, though. In a dark forest, under the light of the full moon, Julia makes a great and terrible decision. After all, there appears to be no other choice. Making a deal that could cost her everything, she turns her citizens into an army of unstoppable monsters with the promise of them being able to turn back after the conflict is over. Still, this does not remain secret. Hearing of this immediately, Melinda, along with all her other enemies, plots to counter her risky move, and the possibility of her defeat becomes more real by the minute. Will she win, or will she perish? And can she handle the price of her actions? ***Based on Prompt 96.…
🏆 ONC 2026 Ambassador Pick 🏆 Dead men tell no tales. Or so they say... Having survived a series of catastrophes, disgraced detective Penny Dubois is thinking of retirement. After all, she sees no reason to come back. However, everything changes when her best friend, Irma Hale, is framed for the murder of renowned heiress Charity Payne, and all the clues point towards her. The victim's ghost is summoned from the dead and says she's guilty. As a necromancer, Penny instantly recognises that the seance had been rehearsed, but she must keep it a secret, because if she gets found out, it could be her awaiting the final sentence. As the clock ticks, Penny must start a new investigation and find out who the real killer is before it's too late.***Based on Prompt 72.…
Cassandra Shaw, the heir to the renowned Shaw estate, has finally become eligible for marriage, allowing her to take over her father's clan. The monster-hunting clan is in distress due to his recent demise, and they need a brave and determined leader who'll take over. Unfortunately, she keeps refusing the advances of every single suitor, waiting for her true love. As time goes by, she starts believing she'll never find him, and eventually, she starts giving up, ready for any prospects that will enable her to preserve the future of her clan. Then, she remembers a prophecy in her dreams - a prophecy that might just help her solve everything - and two men, different as night and day, come to her like they were ordered. Hyacinth and Edmund Lawrence. Two brothers with a growing distance between them. A brooding rebel and a natural socialite. Both speak to a side of her she's connected to deeply. Both fascinate her from the day she meets them. Both seem destined to be the love of her life. Yet one will save her, and one will ruin her. The question remains: Which is which? ***45. "Kings have honor, soldiers are brave, poets have heart, and all I have is rage!" (Sound by Naethan Apollo)46. "We love broken, beautiful people. And it doesn't get more obviously broken and more classically beautiful than you." (A slightly modified quote from "Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid)115. A prophecy claims you will love two people. One destined to save your life and the other destined to destroy it. The trouble is, you have no idea which is which.…
A poem for the Shortys 2025 ***Prompt: "On some level I think I always understood that a ship could never really love an anchor. So I did the only thing that I could, and severed the rope to set you sailing from my harbor." - The Crane Wives, Never Love an Anchor…
🏆 2 AWARDS' WINNER 🏆Defeating a great evil always presents a challenge, especially when its influence entrenches itself into the core of society. However, the heroes underestimated how difficult restoring the natural order would be. As the Empress's daughter and assassin, Griselda Bellerose - now Maguire - must navigate the cutthroat world of politics without becoming absorbed by it, avoid accusations of corruption and reconcile with her past in order to secure a brighter future. But the Dread Queen of the Realms refuses to rest, and other threats loom on the horizon. The glorious nation of Obscuria may have vowed to leave it all behind, yet civil wars and grand battles promise an era of disaster and unrest, an era that never wants to end. As the world is torn apart by humanity's infighting, it comes closer to being swallowed by the darkness day by day. If everyone fails to come together on time, there will be no return. Trusting those they doubt may be their final chance.…
Emma Hallow is a huge fan of the fantasy RPG called The Warriors of Valiant and loves to play it whenever she can. Until she becomes trapped in the game as the villain.***My entry for the What In The Wattpad contest.…
🏆 Ambys 2025 Round Three Qualifier 🏆3RD PLACE IN THE STRAWBERRY ICE AWARDS (SHORT STORY CATEGORY) Sometimes, the person you love is the one who hurts you most.And you would do anything - absolutely anything - to hurt them back.…
🏆 ONC and Ambys 2025 Round Three Qualifier 🏆Ivy Rosewood - or Ivonne, as her parents call her - never wanted to be a princess. Her role always fit her beautiful and charming older sister Eloise much better, but now that they are both receiving marriage proposals from foreign kingdoms, she's forced into that role as well. Unruly and with a tough attitude, her parents never loved her that much, waiting for the best opportunity to marry her off and send her to a backwater country. On the other hand, her precious sister gets to be married to Maximus Anderson, the dashing heir to the throne of Gloria, the perfect fairytale kingdom. Ivy doesn't mind it, though. She never envisioned a happy ever after - only a mundane, comfortable life where she can truly be herself.But what happens when Maximus fails in love with her, and she reciprocates her feelings?The whole world, including their beloved Eloise, will stand in her way and write her as the villain. She won't accept that. She'll write a story of her own, no matter what it takes.And it all begins with the spin of a spindle.***Based on Prompt 61.…
🏆1ST PLACE IN THE SHORT STORY CATEGORY OF THE HOGWARTS SCHOLAR AWARDS 🏆A short story about a young man named Dmitri Stravinsky who uses his thirst for knowledge and world domination to create a monster, but things don't go as planned. The monster has a will of its own, but its creator still tries to force it to follow his plans, and the consequences are certainly unexpected.…
🏆 22 AWARDS' WINNER 🏆 Ever since she was young, Melinda Grey knew she had a great destiny waiting for her. As a magical prodigy the likes of which the grand country of Obscuria had rarely seen, she had spent years and years training among those like her to preserve its glory. Unfortunately, when a great war led by a sorcerer named Patrick Hemingway manages to be worse than almost four decades of terror, causing Melinda to be faced with an evil she never could have imagined, the whole world is in danger of being ruined. However, that's only the tip of the iceberg. The trauma of a war-ridden country and many scarred psyches echoes throughout all facets of life, more horrible than the darkest of magic, especially as Melinda battles her dark side, searching for a way to preserve her tainted soul even as eldritch forces from above lead her astray, promising to reveal to her the secrets of the divine. Struggling against all odds, she gathers all her loved ones for a last stand, but will it be enough with all the odds stacked up against them?…
🏆 Ambys 2025 Grand Favourite 🏆The voices of the dead that haunt us. The forests covered in gnarled trees that we traverse.The incredible heights that daunt us.All of these shall now be explored through verse.Cover designed by @Tealover0669…
