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  • Empire Vs. Earth: A Star Wars Story by JP_Short
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    The Empire is wounded. Its war machine is starving. Its ranks are being bled dry. After the Battle of Yavin, Emperor Palpatine orders an expedition into the Unknown Regions to search for raw materials in order to make up for the loss of the Death Star. When the planet Earth is discovered, the capture of its valuable resources becomes a top priority. The only problem? Earth's people won't go down without a fight. *Star Wars was created by George Lucas and is owned by Disney (not me lol)* *Currently Attempting to Publish on Royal Road under Account JP Short*
  • Malak Al Maut by AuthorMoon07
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    𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐊-𝐀𝐋-𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐁 (𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊-𝐓𝐖𝐎) "Your Jae-Min is dead," he spat. "The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Vylak-is gone. And you... you killed him." · ─────── ·𖥸· ─────── · · 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 - 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐉𝐚𝐞-𝐌𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐈𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 - 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧. 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐈𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 - 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫, 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨
  • Shrek Forever After: Happily Ever or Never After?! [Book IV] by ArtisticSpirit311174
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    (Sequel to Shrek the Third: Search of a New Heir!) Greetings, everyone. Prince Cassian of Havendale, at your service. Life has been going so excellently ever since me and Naomi got married! Being royalty hasn't been easy these days, but I always do my best. Most days, I believe that I truly have what it takes to be a great King. With the support of my friends and family, I grow more confidence in myself and it encourages me to keep doing my best to if I want to be a ruler that the Kingdom of Havendale can believe in and look up to. However, things are about to take a turn for the worst as Shrek, who's been longing for the old days when he was feared by many, signs a deal with the devious Rumpelstiltskin. As a result, I end up getting separated from my family and we end up getting thrown into an alternate universe where Rumpelstiltskin rules Far Far Away with an army of witches at his disposal. Ogres are hated and being hunted down, no one knows who Shrek is since he never existed here, and Shrek will die in a day's time. If that wasn't bad enough, Havendale has even been taken over by an army of raiders led by the man who I believed we would never worry about ever again. Can we undo the magic of the contract, find a way out of this hellish timeline, and restore our happily ever after? IMPORTANT: Do NOT copy, repost, or steal my work! -Shrek belongs to DreamWorks Animation! -The Havendale series belongs to me! -All OCs belong to me! -All music used belongs to their respective owners! -Only images of art made by me belongs to me. I do not own any of the images used throughout the entire book! They all belong to their respective owners!
  • Star wars: Guardians of the Galaxies(star wars x male reader) by Matiplayerspl
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    Y/n Quill as a kid had been kidnaped into space by a group of mercenaries that later trained him. But one day his group was caught by the empire twin star destroyer. While his group has been killed Y/n managed to escape as he lived there in secret and the only one who knew about him were twins at his age as they became friends in secret until they grow up. But everything changed when they found a masive kaber crystal so powerful that can destroy planets as Y/n and Karre gets a vision everything will change forever.
  • Every choice has a price by Writervinter
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    Born under a fascist regime, Perolla Corsini is promised in marriage, by contract, to Pietro Antinori - heir to the Antinori family, and a man as possessive as he is determined. As the dangers around her grow, Perolla will have to fight against the regime's tyranny and the demands of a society that was never built for women like her. Duke Riccardo Prazzi, Pietro's father, seeks to unite the two wealthiest and most influential families in Firenze in order to strip power from the Duce's own son-in-law. What he never expected was that his own son would become his greatest adversary - or that his future daughter-in-law would become the target of his family's retaliation. Determined to break free from the system that binds them, Perolla and Pietro must make impossible choices just to stay alive in a world on the brink of war. And they will learn, the hard way, that every choice has a price.
  • Resistance From Survivors (English Version) by NrlAether
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    The story of how the survivors' battle against the dangerous, dark entity known as Nox began. ________________________________________ Synopsis: ________________________________________ Far from the survivors' base... In a desolate region that no one has explored since the Nox attacks began, Oren is holding out all alone. He is hiding within the ruins of an ancient observatory. Spread out before him are various records, ancient symbols, and crystal fragments he has managed to gather over the past few days. "I have to find a way to stop Nox..." he murmurs. "I can't keep running from it." *** Oren keeps searching until he finally discovers an ancient carving, nearly buried under layers of dust. It tells the tale of a legendary crystal. The Crystal of Pure Light Energy. Oren reads the text intently. "This crystal..." "...possesses light energy far purer than ordinary light energy." *** "I can't give up-for the sake of my friends," says Oren. "Just give up, Oren," says ??? ________________________________________ If you're curious about what happens next, please read on! (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠) Warning 📍📌 - No 18+ content. - Possible use of mild profanity (?). - Story created using my own AU version. - Sprunki belongs to NyankoBfLol; I am only borrowing the characters. - Please ask for permission if you are inspired by this. - By the way, this is my second story, so I apologize if it's not very engaging. 🙏 - Please don't copy the story content; coming up with ideas is hard work! 🗿🙃 - The story is relatively short because i'm don't have much time to write long pieces. 😅 - FYI, this is actually the English translation of my story "Perlawanan Dari Para Penyintas" (Resistance From Survivors); feel free to check out the original on my profile if you'd like 😄 - My English is poor because it isn't my native language-I'm actually Indonesian 🇮🇩 Apologies if the story feels disjointed; I've got writer's block right now. 😭
  • The Caged Crown by KingStoriatheGreat
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    In 1966, when the 20-year-old politically inexperienced Queen of Midoria ascends to the throne, Elenora Ashila inherits a kingdom that has become increasingly polarized. Things take a dramatic turn, when high-ranking general, Rikard Pereno, urges her to make him prime minister and dissolve the parliament because of the ''threat'' of communism. A caretaker hands her a telegram from a foreign reporter that tells her about what's actually happening in her kingdom. A game of influence, persuasion, and loyalty ensues.
  • The Last Conception  by JennaJouber
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    One impossible test. One illegal heartbeat. The hunt is on. In a world broken and restructured by the Global Regeneration Authority (GRA), biology is absolute state property. For thirty years, human extraction labs have turned up nothing but sterile failures. The human race is mathematically engineered to bleed out- and the GRA will ruthlessly dismantle anyone who threatens their controlled timeline. Elara Eden has survived in the shadows of the sector grids by following one simple rule: never stand out. But her quiet existence is completely shattered by a single, terrifying plastic stick. Elara is pregnant. Know that a mandatory biometric scan will flag the child and turn them both into state laboratory experiment, Elara burns the evidence. But the clock is already ticking. Desperate and hunted by the creeping suspicion of the local sector enforcers, her husband Kael proposes a deadly gamble: they must trust his mother, a high- ranking sector doctor to help them mask the pregnancy and forge the documents needed to escape the city grids. With the ruthless GRA closing in, Elara and Kael must execute a breathless, high- stakes escape across the sector borders to find a legendary resistance group hidden in the wasteland. In a world where every citizen is a government informant, trust is a fatal mistake- and their only hope of survival rests in a mother's medical secrets and a race against time. 🏷️What to Expect • Tropes: High-Stakes Manhunt • Government Conspiracy • Dystopian Chase Fiction • Established Husband-and-Wife Duo • Ticking-Clock Suspense. • Format: Completed 30-Chapter Arc • Rapid Release Schedule.
  • London: Code Black by Greyseal9
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    The Thames still flows. The Underground still rumbles. Big Ben still tolls the quarter hours over a city remade by fire, water, and the careful hands of men who learned long ago how to govern without being seen. London in 2074 wears restoration like a borrowed coat. Beneath the new glass and the older stone, beneath the Capital Restoration Authority's bright municipal slogans, beneath the polished surface of a democracy still telling itself it works, something else has grown. It calls itself The Shade. Detective Chase McCain returns from eleven years of exile on Mars to a London he no longer recognises, summoned to investigate a murder nobody wants solved. The body in the Camden warehouse carries marks of a weapon nobody admits exists. The case file vanishes from his terminal before sunrise. His superiors brief him in corridors and unmarked cars. Within a week, he understands the murder was never the point. He was the point. Someone wanted him here. Someone wanted him to ask the wrong questions in the right rooms. McCain has a rookie constable, an analyst with twin briefcases and a razor-wire memory, a Europol liaison whose loyalties bend with the longitude, and a Commissioner whose family has been taken as collateral against her conscience. He has a woman he once loved working a hospital ward under a name not her own. All the while, threading through the city, a network of pink envelopes moving hand to hand through butchers' shops and church vestries: paper, ink, the last resistance of a civilisation persuaded its analogue past held no power. The countdown has already started. An old friend of Jeff Tracy has waited thirty-three years for this. Set in the Greyseal9 Universe. Based on Grey's LEGO City Undercover - Season 0 (2026) - Prologue Season 1A (2026) - Episode 1-13 -> New Episodes throughout early August 2026 Season 1B (2026) - Episode 14-26 -> New Episodes throughout late August 2026
  • THE NECROMANCER AND THE POTIONIST by saradebernar
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    Voldemort is back and Albus Dumbledore, worried for the safety of the Boy Who Lived, summons an Italian necromancer named Marta Bruno to Hogwartz in order to protect him and provide him with support. She and Professor Snape have been friends for a long time and have been in a romantic relationship for the past few years. When he learns that his beloved will become part of the Order of the Phoenix is ​​not at all happy: he has already lost a woman dear to him in that war and does not want to make the same mistake again. But Marta will be of fundamental help to the Order thanks to some of her... particular powers. I do not own HARRY POTTER, the only thing I invented is Marta and her family.
  • Mental Autonomy by EvilCross666666
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    Hittite was born into Silver's reign. A place at war. A place where your mind submitting to the system is seen as peace rather than disturbing. And is punished for his father's actions. Forced into solitude until... a organisation offers him another idea. Thrive of peace, it is named, giving him a new chance in life. To build his own values and choice without external influence. But there was something more important to Hittite's eyes, friendship. Something he never had. Something he never thought he could achieve. He is dangerously desperate, could this stop him from really freeing himself of the chains of his dictator by dragging him into being someone's slave instead? Artyn thought of himself as in love. But no, Hittite worries for him as the more he falls for Lilith's spell. He thought he could never be controlled again. Artyn never figured that a person can have the same power over another such as a government can have. She has been in his darkest of times. Taught him the horrendous actions of Silver. She justifies for everything he does. Could Artyn see his mind becoming governed over by someone he thought he could trust? Is the organisation what it represents itself to be? Better than two sides of a war? Feels like it's in war within itself too. Imara never thought losing her mother could ever happen neither Nirosh. But one leader of the organisation desires for it to occur, could the other leader protect their mother or do they have to protect her themselves? Chudail and Priya are complete opposites, but have an identical motivation. Make the nightmares stop! Priya believes getting help from others and running for their mother's love can complete them unlike her twin sister. Chudail does not realise she is becoming their mother. Soon, cigars will not be enough. Chudail will eventually reach for something worse... and that could be life threatening! IF YOU'RE AN ARTIST/ANY JOB LOOKING FOR CUSTOMERS, YOU WILL NOT FIND THEM HERE, BUZZ OFF!
  • Defying The Crown by TshepisoTsona4
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    In the Kingdom of Pristinia, your bloodline is your destiny, and your gender is your cage. For Elara Brighton, the rules are simple: stay in your district, keep your head down, and accept that your only value lies in domestic labor. But Elara has never been good at staying silent. When a family crisis forces her to take a job as a servant within the gilded walls of the Royal Palace, she expects to find only enemies. Instead, she finds a Prince who is as much a prisoner of the crown as she is. As intrigue turns into a dangerous attraction, Elara must decide if she will follow the rules to survive, or burn the hierarchy down-even if it means losing the man who was born to wear the crown she defies.
  • Loose Ends by PicnicOnTheRoadside
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    A prequel to Dirge for Mankind. A wisecracking nobody from the Latvian military is faced with threats he could never have anticipated. Kit is a corporal more in name than anything else. The formation of the Zones was already a problem he had little desire to be a part of dealing with. The bipedal animals even less so. However, he's rapidly pushed towards the centers of conflicts he has no right to be anywhere near because of the few unfortunate skills he has.
  • Resurgence by 29mackthe
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    "Until every last star in the Galaxy dies" The Galaxy torn into yet another war, but hope is still alive out there amongst planets. Cover by @disneyfanatic_36
  • OASIS 2 by KingJay02
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    They found peace on a land no map had ever recorded. The world wants it back. Jey and Dele thought surviving the impossible was the hard part. Now the whole planet knows what they found, and everyone wants a piece of it. A coalition is coming. A clock is ticking. And this time, Jey isn't running. The sequel to OASIS.
  • Keeper of the three stars by keeperofhope
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    Long before Elowen was born, dragons ruled the skies. They were ancient, powerful beings woven into the magic of the world itself-until the day they made the Great Sacrifice, giving their lives to replenish a dying world. Centuries later, their sacrifice has been twisted into something they never intended. An empire has risen. Humans and fae alike have been enslaved. The old alliances have fractured, the High Lords have vanished into captivity, and the sanctuaries built to protect the world's most vulnerable have fallen silent. But the dragons left something behind. Five eggs. And somewhere beneath a dying sanctuary, an ancient tree is waiting for its next Keeper. Elowen is only six years old when she stumbles into a forgotten cave and discovers something that should no longer exist. She doesn't know why the sanctuary doors open for her. She doesn't understand the strange living seed hanging at her throat. And she certainly doesn't know why a black dragon hatchling has decided that wherever she goes, he goes too. But as one dragon becomes five, a forgotten sanctuary begins to wake. And a frightened little girl who has spent her life being told she belongs to others may discover that she was never meant to belong to anyone. She was meant to become the Keeper of the Three Stars.
  • The Z Protocol (Black heART) by Garlicstories1
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    # **The Girl Who Never Looked Up** She was never the smartest. Never the loudest. Never the one who dreamed of changing the world. Zarelle Ivanova was just another university student trying to survive classes, endless scrolling, and an ordinary life-until one question changed everything: **What if we're wasting our lives?** When a chance meeting with young billionaire Darian Voss sparks an impossible vision, Z begins building more than just a city. She starts a movement that forces an entire nation to question freedom, power, and the systems they've always accepted. As **Aurex City** rises and **Vanguard Zero** ignites the voices of a forgotten generation, millions begin asking the one question those in power fear the most: **Why?** But revolutions are never free. Friendships will be tested. Love will demand impossible sacrifices. And every choice will leave a mark on history. A story of hope, courage, love, loss, and the power of ordinary people to create extraordinary change. **Sometimes, the greatest revolution doesn't begin with violence...** **It begins when one person finally looks up.** This description keeps the biggest plot twists hidden while giving readers a strong reason to start reading. It matches the tone and themes of your novel and is well suited for a Wattpad audience.
  • The Tethered Soul : A Harry Potter Alternate Universe  by PG_fictionalworld
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    The Boy Who Lived is dead. The Dark Lord has won. Hogwarts is no longer a school of magic. Under the absolute rule of Headmaster Voldemort, the historic castle has been twisted into a brutal military fortress. Here, innocent children are stripped of their humanity and forged into a ruthless, brainwashed army known only as the Death Hallows. Stripped of their wands and their freedom, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley are condemned to a brutal life of servitude inside the suffocating walls of Malfoy Manor. Their days are ruled by the Dark Lord's top executioner-the cold, arrogant High Reeve, Draco Malfoy. In a world built on ash and fear, survival is the only thing that matters, and hope is a death sentence. But shadows have secrets. As the lines between enemies and allies begin to blur, a quiet, dangerous rebellion begins to stir in the deep dark. Ancient, forbidden magic is waking up, anchored by a secret that could shatter Voldemort's regime to its very core. The Golden Trio fell in the forest. But the war is far from over. ************************************************************** A dark, high-stakes Harry Potter Alternate Universe focused on unbroken loyalty, genuine redemption, custom spellwork, and a slow-burn Dracuna dynamic. If this world pulls you in - a vote or comment tells me to keep going. 🖤
  • The First Claim by hjemlosepanda
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    "𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅." - 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. What begins as instinct becomes something far more dangerous - something neither of them are prepared to name, let alone resist. In a world ruled by hierarchy, bloodlines, and the laws of the pack, one bond refuses to obey the rules it was born under. - [WARNING: 18+ themes, mature content, and dark romantic elements.] This story contains possessive dynamics, emotional intensity, and scenes that may not be suitable for all readers.
  • Outer Reaches by lucashotle
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    New chapters every Sunday 10:00AM EST! A stowaway. A stolen ship. A galaxy that doesn't believe in hope anymore. Outer Reaches follows Liam, a reckless optimist whose refusal to accept a broken universe slowly turns survival into rebellion. As he crosses Union borders and cartel space, his belief that everyone deserves to smile begins to challenge systems built on fear, control, and exhaustion.