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I am an aspiring author struggling through college, dealing with life, and fighting with fictional characters who seem to have their own plans for the story. I live in North Carolina and in addition to writing, I am studying at Elon University to become a history teacher. In short, I find people who are dead and/or imaginary to be more interesting than those around me. Sad, I know.
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Fanfiction History
At roughly around the age of twelve, my best friend introduced me to the wonderful world of fanfiction, via Sailor Moon, the obsession of our youth. It amazed me- writing stories based on someone else's work? What a novel concept. Anyway, soon thereafter, I started writing fanfiction under the penname "Mstar" (and I still use that name to this very day), in addition to reading it avidly. My first fic was a Sailor Moon one, and it shall never see the light of day.
Anyway, the bulk of what I ended up writing was in the world of Harry Potter, the Marauders Era, to be specific. I've always loved love/hate relationships, so the chapter about Harry's parents in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix inspired me greatly. I've also written a bunch of other fics set in a variety of fandoms, including (but not limited to) Twilight, Tamora Pierce's books, and Meg Cabot's books.
Harry Potter
You Wish!
Summary: To Lily Evans, James Potter was the most arrogant jerk in all of eternity. Just her luck that James had had a crush on her ever since 1st year. Now it was their 7th year at Hogwarts and James last chance to win Lilys heart.
This is the first decent fanfic that I ever wrote and is also the only chaptered one that I've yet to complete. If you read it, please keep in mind that I was like 13 when I wrote it. ^_^U
How to Prank the Weasley Twins in Ten Days
Summary: A mysterious person takes teenaged James Potter and Sirius Black from the past and whisks them into the future. After agreeing to help her prank the Weasley Twins, hilarity ensues when James and Sirius are spotted.
A fic that I started in response to a challenge.
This is Why I Don't Play Truth or Dare
Summary: The seventh year girls decide to play a little game. Poor Lily. With friends like these, who needs enemies? Oh well, at least James ends up happy.
HP One-Shots
As of Yet Untitled
Summary: Lily and James get stuck in an empty classroom...
You Don't Know
Summary: A songfic that pretty much shows James feelings towards Lily.
The Stupid Notes
Summary: A note fic.
For All of Godric's Hollow
Summary: James wonders if something is wrong with Lily. Little does he know that one conversation will change his life forever.
A Chat with Old Friends
Summary: Sirius went through the veil. On the other side he has a chat with some old friends of his.
A Contraceptive Controversy
Summary: James finds and interesting... article in the common room, only he has no idea what it is. Lucky for him, everyone seems willing to help.
Part I of my Muggle Confusion series and written for the Portkey 7 'fore 7 challenge, theme 1. This is probably my most popular fic to date.
The Trouble with Toys
Summary: Frank Longbottom finds a certain Muggle innovation lying around the castle and has difficulty identifying it. Fortunately, the Marauders are there to help.
Part II of my Muggle Confusion series.
Twilight
Edward and the Traffic Violation
Summary: Edward gets caught speeding by those newfangled radar guns and loses his license! Whatever will he do?
Perfect
Summary: A New Moon inspired song from Bella's POV.
Testosterone Induced Stupidity
Summary: I suppose that even a perfect guy is still a guy, which is always going to result in the occasional moment of testosterone induced stupidity. Do vampires even produce testosterone? Who knows
Tamora Pierce
If You Were Gay
Summary: Raoul has a burning question to ask his rather effeminate friend Alan.
The Cat: Constellation Reborn
Summary: The Cat is a constellation that has many times before descended from the skies to guide the favorite mortals of its mistress, the Great Goddess. Once more, the Cat is bid to return to Tortall, though this time as a human. Its job is to guide the children of the nations heroes, which in theory should be an easy task for the Cat. After living for so long and guiding so many people before, how much harder could doing it as a human be? Unfortunately for it, the Goddess has other plans. The Cat is reborn as a human but has no recollection of its past or its true powers, and perhaps, for the first time in an eternity, it will learn something new.
Other
The Shiner
Summary: A strange ghost appears in Suzes room one day. The thing is, she claims that shes not a ghost. Shes actually a Mediator in a deep coma, hanging around until her body wakes back up.
A fic for Meg Cabot's Mediator series.
So remember how I said that Sailor Moon got me hooked onto fanfiction? Well my first fic shall never see the light of day. My second, however... I'll give you fair warning- it's not pretty. I wrote it with my best friend when we were 12, and it was late at night and we had eaten way too many Pixy Stix.
Happily Ever After
Summary: The Negaverse turns the world into a Sleeping Beauty story. Things get... interesting. INVOLVES ENCHANTED FLAMINGOES! BEWARE! A bit of a crossover. SM and Sleeping Beauty
Recommendations
First Truths, by Lilac Summers
Summary: It began when a poorly timed kiss was photographed by the media. Now Sailor Moon deals with some startling information, while our lovable Tuxie stumbles along behind her. Written way, WAY back.
Anything written by Alicia Blade (SM FF)
Cullenary Educaton: Forks Sex Ed, by MarcyJ
Summary: Set at the End of Bella's Junior Year. Hilarity ensues when the Forks Gang is forced to endure Sex Education class with Coach Clapp. Chapter 1 is Jasper POV, and each subsequent chapter is from the perspective of a different character.
Anything written by sillybella (Twilight FF)
A Certain Point of View, by B Bennett
Summary: Watching Star Wars. Harry and Ron have opinions about the men in Leia's life; Hermione's undecided.
"My goal as a writer is not to achieve fame and fortune, but to have entire fanfiction archives devoted to my novels."
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li•cen•tious
adjective
1.sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
2.unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral.
3.going beyond customary or proper bounds or limits; disregarding rules.
"Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
I've never liked the summer; it's too hot, too humid, and the storms drive everyone mad. Have you ever stood outside right before a thunderstorm, one of those mammoth storms, when it's more akin to standing on the eve of a maelstrom rather than waiting for the rain to fall? The electricity, the tension, the restless energy just before the impending onslaught, it permeates through everything and everyone, bringing out the wild spirit of a caged animal, the heat and the clouds suffocating you like a blanket, making you want to just claw your way out.
And then comes the rain.
It's almost a tangible release, something that you can physically feel yourself let go of. The lightning, the thunder, the wind, and the rain- with them comes another sort of energy, a sense of raw power that's like letting the caged animal out. I've always hated that trapped feeling that comes right before the storm, but the release that the rain brought was one of my few summer pleasures. I would always stand outside under the churning sky, waiting, and when the clouds finally gave way and let their wet burden fall to the ground, I would stay there for a few long moments, relishing in the cool relief. If I could have, I would stand through the whole storm, but I knew my mother would never have let me, for fear of me catching a cold.
Sometimes, Mama could be just as suffocating as the air before a storm. It felt good to get out every once in a while, freeing myself from her overprotective grasp. She had to let me, as the doctor had told us that I needed more fresh air, so it was a rather invigorating relief to be able to walk amongst nature with no company but the wildlife. Our country home, located just north of Brighton, was quite secluded. Although you'd hit town if you walked south for a mile or so, the rest of the surrounding area was blanketed with a thick forest and beyond it, to the west, was the sea.
I was on my way back home from the beach one day in June when I felt it happen, when I felt the forest tighten, that pre-storm tension seeping in, and I knew that I wasn't going to make it back before the storm hit. As much as I liked thunderstorms, by no means did I want to endure one while stuck in the woods.
I picked up my pace, eventually breaking into a run as the first drops of rain began to fall. I even hitched up my skirts in a very un-ladylike fashion in my haste to return home without tripping over myself and falling on my face. As I continued my mad dash, the rain began to come harder, but by some wondrous chance of fate, the storm hadn't yet begun in earnest. Miraculously, it held off until I reached the long stretch of meadow leading from the forest to the house; it was as I ran across that grassy field that I felt the release. The sky broke the last few bonds it had holding it back, and with a deafening crash of thunder, the hard torrent of rain was set free.
Although it had been in the late afternoon, the dark thunder clouds had taken over the heavens, coloring the sky black and pitching the world around me into darkness. The only light I had to see by came from the lightning that flashed through the sky every few minutes and the
candles placed in the windows of my house ahead, but they proved to be little help, distorted as they were by the pounding rain.
Suddenly, the meadow lit up, the light of the full moon revealed as some of the clouds were blown away by the vicious wind. What I saw, silhouetted against the charcoal sky, terrified me- it was a wolf; a large, monstrous, hunkering thing; and it was looking right at me.
I felt a scream tear out of me as I mentally demanded my frozen feet to run. I just stood there, staring right back at the beast, too frightened to make myself move. A long moment later, my lower limbs seemed to finally get the message and they tore off, running as quickly as they could carry me.
I made the mistake of turning around to see if the creature had followed me- it had, and it was able to run a lot faster than myself. It was gaining on me quickly, but fortunately, I was almost to the house. Just as I was about to utter a prayer of thanks, the kitchen door looming before me, I felt my feet slip out from under me. Horrified, I realized that I had forgotten to pick my skirts back up as I ran, my terror causing me to act foolishly.
It was with that last frantic thought that the monstrous wolf was upon me. With a howl that was loud enough to be heard even over the thunder and rain, it reared back on its hind legs and then came down. Instinctively, I brought my arms up to shield my face, but it was in my stomach that I felt a sharp, searing pain. I looked down and saw my blood, red and wet, spreading darkly over my clothes in an ink-like stain, and onto the ground where it was almost immediately washed away by the rain. It wasnt what I saw, though, that made me faint. It was when the metallic smell reached my nose that my eyes rolled back and I collapsed, leaving myself at the mercy of the wolf.
This is a novella that I wrote for my high school graduation project. It is the story of a teenage girl living in Victorian England, a proper lady until she is attacked by a werewolf. Her entire world changes as she tries to hold onto everything that she believes to be right while fighting the wild nature growing within her.
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You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw
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