Where Strawhats Are From

“You are loved more than the stars themselves, and that love will echo through eternity.” These will be the last words I will ever hear. My name is Lunora, and this is my story—one of love, loss, and vengeance. I had a mother who was my everything, the one light in my life. I once knew a love so deep it felt like the world itself had been created for us. But everything changed on one evening that was meant for celebration. The pain of my shattered heart echoed through time, and my tears, once lost in sorrow, soared toward the heavens. With every drop, I made a vow—to reclaim what was taken from me and to seek vengeance for the blood that had been spilled. "I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com,"

Prince and Princesses, knights and magic, and a happy ever after. She heard of them, her mother used to read her stories when she was a little girl afterll. In her dreams, she dreamt of a knight, or a Prince that swept her off her feet and carried her to where life is nothing but rainbows and butterflies. But Ysabel is nothing but a commoner, so how can she find a Prince or a knight?

Seaview is a beautiful town touching the ocean, the waves and what lies beneath tell stories of destiny and two hearts collide at the right time. The book details Olivia, a young artist in her mid-twenties who cultivates a dream in the shelter of her post-traumatic recurrent pain and whose life revolves around producing art and the soothing sound of the sea. They embrace Liam as a mysterious young man diagnosed with ‘troubled past’ who comes to Seaview for solace from physical and metaphysical confusion. As fate would have it, they get off on the same bus and for whatever reason, they can’t deny the chemistry between them. In the process of the two characters’ interaction trust and Love eventually appear. Still, the unexpected coming of forgotten secrets can compel the Couple to destroy all the creations till then. When Olivia and Liam come home they are forced to face their fears and the things they have run from, discover a reality they never wanted to come true, and learn how to accept the things they never wanted to accept. Forced into fear and betrayal, joy, and sorrow, their love becomes a great poignant picture of life that happens not only on screen but off-screen as well. Nevertheless, for each hardship that they face, they emerge the relationship even stronger showing them that the secret to finding a kind of love that can heal is in opening up to someone else and trusting them.

In the year 2040, a mysterious green light engulfed Earth for 48 hours, granting supernatural powers to a quarter of humanity. Now, in 2085, freelance journalist Leo Voss investigates corruption among the powered elite while hiding a painful past. But when a routine investigation puts him in the crosshairs of a powerful individual, Leo's life takes an impossible turn. A freak accident awakens something that should never have existed. As Leo struggles to control his dangerous new powers, he uncovers a terrifying truth about the light that changed humanity. The fate of not just Earth, but every world touched by that mysterious light now rests in the hands of a man who never wanted powers in the first place. And the shadows beneath his skin are growing hungry...

"Have you heard of the legend?" A granny starts with her grandchild in her lap Once upon a time in a land enveloped by snow,a land unvisited by the sun where even a fraction of fire could not exist There lived a tyrant A ghost king,who emerged victorious from fighting over thousands and thousands of ghosts in one go And on the day the divine heaven regarded as the one day the sun shines the brightest,what should've been bright and warm,became dark and cold,for it is also that day that the tyrant emerged victorious claiming the title Ghost king,the 5th of the heavenly calamity,the heaven shook for 6 incense time that day "What does the ghost king look like granny?"the grandchild ask innocence burning in his eyes as it sparkled,so his grandmother says They say he is like ice,skin so pale he looked like a dead body pulled from the depth of ocean,hair frosty white that almost came down to hide his eyes,and his eyes......one look at his eyes and you accept you fate,for his eyes screamed death,a sorrowful mourn of the dead,as if his eyes contains death itself Oh!and people says he has holes on his face too "Really granny? that's not true right?" "Who knows?but it's time for you to go to bed now,or else he will come"His granny tickles his toes, giggle bursting out "B-but granny, you've never told me his name" No one knows his name actually,but since his story came and reached the farthest of land,he was known to be called "Graceful white death",for the chilling breeze and the freezing cold announced his presence, And it is said even the sun would freeze in fear of him

°MATURE AUDIENCES• He carried me, my legs wrapped around his waist, while my back rested against the wall. I loved this position when he gave it to me. I thought he was an ordinary man. I thought that since I had already tasted his touch, the dreams of our intimacy always haunting me, I could own him. Finally, as a goddess, I believed I could enjoy myself freely this time, get lost in pleasure, which I could finally savor. I wanted him for myself alone, my personal treasure. But then I began to fall for him. A treasure I thought I could use and discard at will became something I couldn't go a day without. His presence became my weak point, my doom and yet, I couldn't help but embrace him. __________ "They all deserve to die a terrible death." These were the words of the goddess of revenge when the anguished cries of a woman, a victim of relentless domestic violence reached her divine ears. Bound by her sacred duties and forced to wait for the souls of the guilty men to return for judgment, the goddess was patient. For thousands of years, she waited. And when the time came, she descended into the mortal world, inhabiting the body of a young billionaire to exact her divine punishment. Victory was a certainty for her. She had always prevailed, delivering justice to those who deserved it. But this time, her task proved unexpectedly complex. Living under the same roof with her husbands after signing a marriage deal, one of them proved to be no ordinary man. Tristan D'Leon, a vampire, a creature born from the depths of hell, carrying his own mysterious burdens and duties. Their fates intertwined, both driven by obligations they could not ignore. Yet, as time passed, something unthinkable began to take root: love. For Jade, whose purpose was to mete out divine punishment, falling for a millennia-old vampire was unthinkable. Why him? Why now? This was not her first time walking the earth, so why had the will of heaven suddenly shifted? As Jade navigated the complexities of her mission and her growing feelings for Tristan, she couldn't shake the feeling that something was amiss. The goddess of revenge, known for her unwavering dedication to justice, was now faced with a daunting question: could she truly fulfill her duty when her heart was no longer aligned with her purpose?

God of Wonder, God of Light, father to the holy ones, and creator of life. Exalted above all things he and his angels were guardians of the universe. Or so they said. Humans and their fickle imagination, they worship what they cannot fathom, they follow what they cannot see. An ancient force, an elden horror. It bordered their reality. It existed amongst them yet it did not, it was everything, and it was nothing, and all that was in between. Another world, another God, another presence. This cannot be, they cannot coexist. But for a heavy price, they did. God of Wonder, God of Light. Who is holier? Who is right? God of Darkness, God of Night. Too afraid to rebel... though he might.

Not every start of a love story makes sense... But, to be having a boyfriend when just the other day you were straight? How was that fair? While Aiden was busy drowning his sorrows away, Philip wanted to break out of the norms. What was supposed to be a one night stand felt like the first night to forever. Was that love at first lust? "It's not perfect but, it's worth your curiosity I promise!" A love from deception can it ever prevail?

Ren Nakamura prefers to keep his head down and his eyes closed, drifting through life without a care. But when a bright and unexpected presence enters his world, his once quiet days begin to stir with something new. As the seasons change, so does the boy who never wanted to wake up.

better be a friend than a enemy because you never know what will happen to you in the next moment See as he, to make money, utilise his ability and unknowingly……

What happens when Stacey convinces Leo to join her, and her friends as they explore an abandoned mental asylum? As they delve deeper into the long dark hallways, they learn they aren't alone. What else is in there with them? When Leo and Stacey don't return home the next morning people grow worried. Are they dead? Or worse, trapped? Book two of The Lost series. Trigger warning: SCARY!!! Mentions of abuse, suicide, self harm, drug and alcohol abuse, and murder.

In modern America a teenage vampire/alien and four men's lives intersect into an ultimate reverse harem. Haunted by a past and a fascist ruler of her home planet, she battles her enemies to achieve her goals in life.

There was a special patient in Spruce Hospital. A person in vegetative state and coma that the tree doctor, So Lee-yeon, has been hiding for two years… ‘Don’t wake up. Please don’t wake up.’ It was her dream to live quietly so she prayed every night. Then one day, by pure miracle or failure, the person in vegetative state woke up! “Did you come to suck this poor bastard’s dick?” In front of the man that lost his memory and common sense, she told a lie that couldn’t be turned as she was afraid of his murderous instinct. “I’m your w-wife, Kwon Chae-woo.” The man who buried someone alive and tried to kill her two years ago!

Kian – The Elusive Criminal Kian is a notorious criminal—a man whose existence is shrouded in mystery. No database contains his true identity, no security system can track him, and no crime syndicate dares to claim him as one of their own. He is a ghost, yet his actions shake the foundations of the city’s most powerful organizations. Elena, a determined investigator, has been chasing Kian for years, but every time she gets close, he vanishes without a trace. She knows he isn’t just a thief or an assassin—he’s after something bigger, something tied to the secrets of time itself. As Elena digs deeper, she realizes Kian isn’t just running from the authorities—he’s searching for a truth buried in the past. His crimes aren’t random; they’re calculated moves to uncover hidden knowledge about the mass murder mansion, the noble legacy, and the door that bridges it. But when Elena finally catches up to him, she discovers something even more terrifying—Kian isn’t an ordinary criminal. He is someone who was never meant to exist in this timeline. Now, Elena must decide: bring him to justice or help him unveil the truth that could change history forever. ---

This is a collection of tales of people who either have lost or gained hope as they encounter love, what love has given them, and what love has taken from them.

A ten-year-old boy, Anit, had been withdrawn for so long that he lost his sense of purpose. But who could have guessed that one encounter would turn his world upside down? Other realities, magic, and unearthly beings—everything felt so wondrous to Anit, like a dream. Captivated by it all, he decides to see the world with his own eyes. A new door opens, and his fate begins to unfold. But this was only the beginning. Destiny was already weaving a path different from the one he had imagined.

Lukas is a Highschooler who’s hard at work to becoming an average engineer. However, during his engineering class’ finals, He and his classmates are thrust into a world of magic and wonders. And soon, he’d find out this nightmare would only get worse from here. __________ Isekais are Bullshit is a passion project based on not only my own critiques with the genre, but a silly concept of “What if the Protagonist was normal?”. It will get sappy, it will get cringy, and the writing is not the best. I’ll try to tell a cohesive story, but no promises. got an issue with the story? make a comment! hate everything? tell me why so I can improve! too edgy?.. working on it. Still working on this in the background, just had to change a few things.

When yesterday take too much of today~

What happens when the group of teens plans a party on the beach around a year after the camping accident? As they drive onto the ferry, a terrible storm passes overhead. Unable to get all the cars off of the boat they become lost out at sea. Will they make it home? Or will they die before the rescue team can find them? Book three of The Lost series.

Irene had such beautiful hair, that fit her bold eyed stare. (Parents are strongly cautioned when showing this work to any Minor or person who is still susceptible to certain pieces of content or work. .WWYI? contains a clear depiction of suicide, grief, and suggestive bits. death may also be depiction)

Once upon a time, a werewolf named Tara had one of the most eventful birthdays in history. Within just one day, she came of age, shifted into her wolf form for the first time, found her fated mate, and became a Queen. All of her dreams came true, and rather than doubting herself or becoming overwhelmed, she embraced her fate with an open heart. The adventures shared by Tara, her wolf Trinity, and her mate, Lycan King Maddoc (and of course, his wolf/beast Koda) are not all sunshine and roses. Assassination attempts, greed, jealousy, and even pure malice threaten the peace they bring to one another. You will find many of the themes typical of shifter fiction you love in this story, but the werewolves and lycans in this story are the best part, the characters . This is my first novel, I will be publishing a chapter every week until these characters, who are becoming dear to my heart, get to their happily ever after. Or whatever fate awaits them, in the end.

In a town, the prelude to youth quietly draws to a close. A young girl, Zhao Ling'er, with a vision for the future, steps into the door of Zhangchuan Middle School. She is lively and cheerful, full of unlimited fantasies about the future, eager to find like-minded friends on campus, meet the man of her destiny, and start her own youthful story. However, the gears of fate have already turned quietly, and she meets with several classmates with very different personalities on campus, and their stories are intertwined to form the most beautiful model of youth. There are laughter, tears, growing pains and the light of dreams, and they will walk through this unforgettable journey of youth together.

Aila never expected to spend her summer in her estranged aunt’s sprawling estate, an ancient mansion steeped in secrets and whispers of the past. But when her travel plans mysteriously fall through, she finds herself trapped in a house that seems to breathe with something unseen. Shadows move where they shouldn’t, eerie whispers follow her down empty halls, and the air hums with an unease she can’t shake. Then, there’s Theo—a guarded yet strangely familiar presence—who seems to know more about the house than he lets on. As Aila unravels the threads of her family’s history, she learns of her older sister, Sky, whose death was shrouded in mystery. The same visions that plagued Sky have begun to haunt Aila, blurring the lines between reality and nightmare. But the deeper she digs, the more she realizes—this is not just a house of ghosts. It’s a house of secrets. And some of them are still alive. As time runs out, Aila must decide: uncover the truth and risk losing herself, or leave before the house claims her, just as it did her sister.

disclaimer:"this is my first time writing so don't get your hopes high" Ronald rex was ordinary 16 year old boy when he died 'cuze he put his thing in crazy.but after reincarnated in a world of magic and whatnot he suddenly gets a system which quite troublesome for him because guess what he had to repeat that nightmare of crazy yanderes I said yanderes because there isn't one but many awaiting for him. so read enough to satisfy your degenerative ideas. it got incest(coz I now many people like it but don't say it and fellows I am into milfs so anyway ) it will get smut I guess didn't plan for any but hey I might write chp. or two about that your one and only (forgot the name)

About things that humans know but don't know

Many strange phenomena have been happening in Yin City. Li Ang—whose alias is Li Risheng—becomes embroiled in an absolute real game of life-and-death, known as Killing Field. Using his above average analytical and deductive skills, he completes different quests assigned by the system, such as eliminating supernatural beings or solving cases, while trying to unravel the true nature of the game.

One day, the world suddenly changed and became a fantasy world with magic abilities. Monsters came down from somewhere. This is not a dream. Astra, a sixteen years old girl woke up in the same but different world one day. She was surprised to see that in one day the world had changed drastically. Monsters were coming from nowhere and people were using magic and many kinds of abilities. Not only this but also kill people without fear. After that, some months passed. One day, a handsome man came to her and said, "I finally found you. You can't abandon me this time. So, let's get married." "Hello, sir. I don't know you. I am only sixteen this year. How can I marry you?" Astra was surprised to hear him. Is he crazy or sick? "It doesn't matter. Then let's date officially from today." The man didn't hear any reason but said again. "We can't get married but can date." "What?"