Zuko knows from Azula's own mouth that Fire Lord Azulon ordered Ozai to sacrifice his first born son in order that Ozai might redeem himself in Azulon's eyes. He in fact expects his father to kill him, but something else happens instead. (AU spinning off my one-shot To Lose or to Gain.)Disclaimer - I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender. This AU is a spin off of my one-shot "To Lose is to Gain". See link in first chapter.…
In which I give tips and journal about my own writing journey for Open Novella this year.…
Hermione grew up reading fairy tales and other stories as an escape from her Cinderella-like life with her stepmother, her father none the wiser because of Ursula's underhanded tactics. Then, she learned magic was real, that the fairy tales--perhaps magic being real isn't a happily ever after fairy tale, but more akin to the nightmares painted by the Brothers Grimm.Disclaimer - I don't own Harry Potter or Worst Witch. This is one of my ONC projects for 2024. This is written for prompt thirty-six, "'Fairytales are real,' and there couldn't be anything worse.." The Cinderella storyline provides the main elements, but there are also elements from other fairy tale stories. This also fulfills a prompt for a collection on AO3.…
A Vulpix finds Gaara in a meadow, and he wants to keep the creature. Disclaimer - I don't own Naruto or Pokemon. The story takes the place after the Chunin exams.…
Maisie's mother should have known better, buying a house on the cheap to renovate and live in, what with how things were with The Problem. A body in the wall means calling in a reputable Paranormal Agency, something they can't afford. Unless of course it's Lockwood & Co, or perhaps not, given some noticlbe peculiarities of the agency.Disclaimer - I don't own Lockwood & Co. This is written for ONC 2023, for prompt thirty, "You purchase a new home and, during renovations and discover a human skeleton buried within your walls." Takes place after the first season of the show.…
The Trix throw Musa through a portal to earth. She ends up losing her memories but still can use her powers. She ends up making new friends.Disclaimer - I don't own X-Men Evolution or Winx Club. Original publication date 10-14-2008.Note - The rewrite for this is Dimensional Rip.…
The Fire Nation understands the need for a male heir to Crown Prince Iroh after the death of his son Lu Ten, yet they're far from thrilled with the choice being Prince Zuko, the son of the man who tried killing Fire Lord Azulon, forgetting the boy's father tried killing the young prince as he might be just as unhinged as not only his father but his own sister.Disclaimer - I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender. This was written for Open Novella 2024 and is a giftfic for my friend Kelsey; it's also an alternative universe to my fanfic series To Lose or To Gain where the Fire Nation doesn't know how unhinged Ozai is and instead thinks he willingly gave his first-born son to his older brother.As for the prompt, I'm using prompt ninty-nine which resulted in this AU popping into my head, "The royal family needs a male heir to the throne, and they're willing to accept any boy, even if he's born to their least hinged relative."…
One small thing can change the world and in this world the small thing that ended up changing everything was the fact Momo didn't go into a comma. Words end up being said between her and a certain small taicho that in turn causes him to go down an unexpected path that crosses with the Kurosaki family. Perhaps too everyone else will be dragged into the mess.Disclaimer - I don't own Bleach. Original publication date 06-01-10.…
Matsumoto obtains a camera and at first thinks of putting together something about what the shingami like about themselves, that was until she talks to her small taicho, and decides for a different plan of action.DIsclaimer - I don't own Bleach.Original publication date 8-14-2009.…
When he was sixteen, Lu Ten thought the Fire Nation would change the world. At age thirty, he realized it wasn't the world that needed changing, right at the same time some of his not so clever life choices started catching up to him. It was time to become wise, like someone he greatly admired, even if he couldn't do anything with said wisdom.Disclaimer - I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender. This is both a giftfic for a good friend of mine, KelseyAlicia who encouraged me to go the route of Lu Ten/Ursa in my To Lose or to Gain series, but also an ONC project. While parts of this story arc are AU to where I intend on taking the To Lose or to Gain series others are not. The prompt I am using is number thirty, "'Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.' - Rumi."…
The death of the first Batman sets in for Terry McGinnis - the Batman of the future as he finds himself unable to return to his own time, yet also involved in the life of the first Robin, someone he never met in the future. The path forward is definitely unsure, what with entities from different times existing at the same time and not actually making the universe implode, but there are definitely secrets Bruce never told him about. Making matters worse, there appears to be a bleed over from his now non-existent timeline, forcing him to face his past, or his own beginning as Batman on top of dealing with the first Robin.Disclaimer - I don't own Batman Beyond or Young Justice. This is a sequel to my one-shot Gotham's Need, but this is also written for Open Novella 2020. The prompt I picked was number fourteen, "the only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."…
If Aizen won, he would have ended up changing everything... and when that happens Gin finds himself trying to fix things from the broken state they have ended up as.Disclaimer - I don't own Bleach. Original publication date 10-18-2011.…
Hitsugaya Toshiro wakes up in the middle of the classroom by the teacher. His father Aizen and the teachers tell him that the Bleach storyline is some story he cooked up to get attention. (Prompt 10: Light)Disclaimer - I don't own BleachOriginal publication date 11/15/2011.…
Under the stairs is a locked cupboard in the house Alisha rents, that she passes every day on the way to what turned out to be a nine-to-five kind of job. One day, she finds it unlocked only for the door to close and lock behind her, the light going out. What happens next is not what she expected, but then what would she have otherwise ended up in through a cupboard under the stairs?Disclaimer - I don't own Harry Potter. This is written for Open Novella Contest's prompt number fifty-seven. "For as long as you've rented the house, the door to the cupboard under the stairs has always been locked and you never paid it any mind. You wake one morning, and discover that not only is it unlocked, but wide open."…
She wished...She wishes she could be anywhere, but there, though ending up in one of her favorite fandom always seemed like an ideal anywhere. Yet, instead of ending up anywhere, one sixteen, almost seventeen-year-old Sirius Black ended up there, in her world instead, with sixteen-year-old her with all the things about herself that she hated. Of course, Sirius Black is Sirius Black...Disclaimer - I don't own Harry Potter. This is written for Open Novella Contest 2022 for prompt thirty-six. "You've always wished you could enter the world of your favourite video game. Instead, you wake up one morning to find a character from said video game in your room."…
Regulus died in a dark lake. Sirius died falling through the veil. The brothers both awake with lingering memories of limbo's message of trying again as well as the multiple lives they're meant to proceed through simultaneously.Disclaimer - I don't own Harry Potter. This story is one of my ONC projects for 2024, but the inspiration for this story is prompt number six. "Your life as you know it has ended. Somewhere in Limbo you're met with the message: 'Something went wrong. Please try again.'"…
Bernard heard other elves talk about finding true love. After living a thousand years he'd not found it, always waiting one more day knowing full well the odds were stacked against him.Disclaimer - I don't own 48 Christmas Wishes or The Santa Clause. This is written for ONC 2023 for prompt forty-three, "You waited a thousand years to find your true love, what's one more day?"…
In fixing up the Granger home before returning her parents memories, Hermione comes across the antique mirror in the attic, only to find herself in a world where she's back to being eleven, but this time around she's the child of a single mother, no father in sight.Disclaimer - I don't own Harry Potter. This is written for Open Novella 2022, prompt eighty-four. "Word has it that antique mirrors are the doors to another realm. When curiosity compels you to take a closer look at the giant mirror in the Attic, you find yourself being dragged inside it. Leaving you trapped in an alternate universe." It's also a Froday Flash Fiction Challenge, for the current Froday Madness which is characters living.…
An old prank that Toshiro playied on Matsumoto in the past rather comes back to haunt him.Disclaimer - I don't own BleachNote - Original publication date 6/24/2009.…
Toshiro is supposed to be sent on a break by the other captains. Unfortunately, he gets noticed by someone. Introducing creepy stalker.Disclaimer - I don't own Bleach. Original publication date 01-22-10.Note - When I wrote this I kept coming across a lot of Toshiro/OC stories where the OC was fifteen to sixteen like Ichigo and his friends despite the fact Toshiro is pysically ten to twelve. Despite being over fifty years old at least Toshiro is still a child and despite being very smart his brain still hasn't developed in certain ways. So I wrote this piece where he had a stalker.…