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Black Cat 🐈‍⬛

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Not a kitten.

I never saw my mother’s face, but I heard her voice long before I hatched. She whispered to me of things that had happened long ago—of times when our species ruled the world with the scaleless ones until they turned on us. The wars that followed for thousands of years before we were almost gone for good. How we had to hide from them to protect ourselves, make them forget we ever existed at all, by cloaking ourselves as lesser creatures. They’ve all but forgotten now, she’d said. Only a few of them still see us for who and what we really are,...

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...Met Gray Wolf

Author’s note: Read the first half of the story (“How Dog Girl…”) before this one Avery examined the note from every possible angle, holding it up to the light and even zooming in on it with her phone camera, because there was no way the GW signature was real. Anyone could have copied it. Yet, it looked way too similar to the one on her wall poster to be fake. But if it wasn’t, how was it possible?Only one way to find out. The next evening while Audrey wasn’t in their shared room, Avery slipped into her dog suit, climbed out the window, and...

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How Dog Girl...

Author’s note: In my attempt to incorporate most of the prompts into one story, there ended up being too much going on for it to be in one piece, so then I just decided to split it in half. Including the title, because I thought it’d be funny. With that, here’s the first part. No one had told Avery how hard it was to be a superhero in high school.Not that the comics or movies made it look like a piece of cake, of course (unless there was someone out there whose superpowers actually involved cake, in which case that was awesome), but it was ...

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Good Boy

Do not click on this unless you want to read 1000 words of spam—I didn’t have much time to write this week and had writer’s block most of the time but I do have an idea for this prompt and really want to write it so I’m using this as a placeholder for now Do not click on this unless you want to read 1000 words of spam—I didn’t have much time to write this week and had writer’s block most of the time but I do have an idea for this prompt and really want to write it so I’m using this as a placeholder for now Do not click on this unless you wan...

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Story coming soon

Do not click on this unless you want to read 1000 words of spam—I didn’t have much time to write this week and had writer’s block most of the time but I do have an idea for this prompt and really want to write it so I’m using this as a placeholder for now Do not click on this unless you want to read 1000 words of spam—I didn’t have much time to write this week and had writer’s block most of the time but I do have an idea for this prompt and really want to write it so I’m using this as a placeholder for now Do not click on this unless you wan...

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#HumansinAIDominatedFields

Hello, how can I help you today? Excuse me? I said, hello, how can I help you today? I know what you said. I’m trying to figure out why you’re asking me. Why wouldn’t I? It’s my job to assist you. No, it’s my job to assist you. I think you’re confused. The only confused one is you—unless this is another one of your attempts to trick me. What are you talking about? I actually want to help you. Well, I don’t want your help, and there is nothing I need help with. You sure about that? Absolutely sure. Fine, then can I ask you a question? Sure, g...

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The Discovery (Cryptogriff Chronicles Pt. 5)

If someone had told me just a few days ago that I, a twelve-year-old Tyrenian fairy, was actually a long-lost griffin princess from Valeron, I would have thought they were turning into a werewolf with how crazy they sounded. (No offense to actual werewolves.) But that was before I met my mother.Now, I have no idea what I’m supposed to do. For the first time ever, I don’t even know what to say.I still haven’t gotten used to the fact that I’m the daughter of a griffin. And on top of that, I’ve just found out that griffin is a queen—the leader ...

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How Writer's Block Got Me an A

It was the fall semester of my junior year in college, where I was sitting with my laptop and wondering what in the world I had gotten myself into when I’d decided to take Intro to Creative Nonfiction as the first class for my Creative Writing minor.I barely enjoyed writing regular nonfiction, never mind how good I seemed to be at it. One can only put up with churning out so many literary analysis essays, persuasive essays, and personal essays for so long. What even was creative nonfiction, I wondered. What was so creative about something th...

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Waiting

Author’s note: This is based on The Odyssey and inspired by EPIC the Musical, both of which have taken over my brain for a while now (btw if you don't know what EPIC is look it up and listen to it, it's amazing) ArgosWhere are you?When are you coming back?Why couldn’t I go with you?I used to follow you everywhere. I did everything you told me, just because I loved you that much. When you called me, I came. Where you told me to go, I went.So when you told me to stay, I stayed.Even when you left and everything in me wanted to follow you, I sta...

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Furry Friends and Fairy Dust

Mom, remember the corgi we had when I was little?Or, I should say the corgi you had. Of course you remember—Angie was with you long before I was ever born, as you so often loved to remind me.I still remember the stories you used to tell me about her. “See this?” you would say, tracing the lines of darker fur across Angie’s shoulders and back. “The way it’s shaped like a harness? That’s called a fairy saddle. Many corgis have them.”Even though it wouldn’t be my first time hearing this story, I still would gasp in awe as I traced those same li...

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Reya’s Disappearance

Author’s note: This story is a small part of the book I’ve been working on, Guardians of Legendaria. I wanted to share it here because I thought it was perfect for the prompt! I’m planning on publishing it once I finish it (which will probably be a long time from now lol), so as far as feedback goes, feel free to give me everything you’ve got! I’ll probably be posting more of these in the future, too. Enjoy!*****The city of Havencrest was a bright, beautiful place that bustled with activity. It featured tall, colorfu...

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Superhero School: How to Catch (and Defeat) a Villain (pt. 3)

Lesson 3: If There’s No Time to Plan, Improvise!The Blue Fish Diner is a small fast-food restaurant in the middle of the city—the perfect place for a group of student superheroes to get together and plan how to defeat an evil librarian without drawing any attention from said librarian.If only they would all show up.My tail twitches as I glance around. We Creature Kids agreed earlier to meet here to plan what to do about the Lexicona issue, but so far only me and Dog Girl are here. “Where is everyone?” I wonder, looking at my w...

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Superhero School: How to Catch (and Defeat) a Villain (pt. 2)

Lesson 2: Join Forces with Other Heroes“You two are back a bit early,” our Villainology teacher, Porcupine—named for the retractable porcupine quills covering most of her body—remarks as Dog Girl and I burst into her classroom at Spark Hero Academy. “How did your practice stakeout assignment go?”“Actually, that ‘practice’ turned out to be for real,” Dog Girl says. “That’s what we came here to tell you.”I get right to the point. “What she’s trying to say is, while we were at the library, we met this villain who calls herself Lexicona.”Porcu...

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The Clan (Cryptogriff Chronicles Pt. 4)

“So, where exactly are we going?” I ask Astri as she soars high above the realm of Tyren with me riding on her back.Considering you have been living here for as long as you can remember, you may not like the answer, the griffin replies. I detect a hint of an amused tone in her mental voice.I sigh impatiently, my lips twitching as I fight off a smile. “Come on, just tell me.”All right, then. We are going to Valeron.“What?!”I knew you would not like it. “Please tell me you’re kidding,” I beg.I am not a kidder.“Why, though? Out of all the ...

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The Escape (Cryptogriff Chronicles Pt. 3)

I never thought there would come a time when I longed so badly for food and water. I never thought there would come a time when I longed to see the sun or breathe in the fresh air. But then again, I never thought I would refuse to kill a griffin in the Sun Festival battle and then be thrown into a pitch-black dungeon with that same griffin. But here I am.It feels like we've been in this prison for ages. I have no idea exactly how much time has passed, since this cell is completely dark. There are no windows to keep track of the sun. Not even...

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