Once Upon A Time Mr Gold

[My WSA 2024 Entry novel! Please vote] In a world where mythical beings have fallen into an "eternal slumber," a thriving underground market exploits the stolen essence of these dormant creatures. At its epicenter are dragons—majestic beings desired for their scales, organs, and prized eggs. The most coveted treasure of all is a dragon's name, a key that holds the power to control its very existence. Dragon Lord, guardian of a clutch of dormant eggs, lives in isolation atop a hill, surrounded by a forest that veils his castle. He bears the scars of past betrayals, having been deceived by those who feigned love to steal his treasures or claim his head as a bounty. Jaded and cold, he trusts no one, living a solitary existence. However, his solitude is shattered when a woman unwittingly stumbles into his life. Yara finds herself in Dragon Lord's treasured den amidst a battle between the dragon and thieves. In a twist of fate, she mistakenly bonds with the dormant eggs, breathing life into them. Reluctantly, Dragon Lord allows Yara into his world, and their journey unfolds amid the looming threat of underground organizations seeking to exploit the dragons for profit. As the eggs come to life, so does an unexpected connection between Dragon Lord and Yara. Despite his cold and jaded exterior, he finds himself unable to ignore her presence. Yara, too, cannot deny the pull she feels towards him, and emotions begin to burn beneath the surface. Together, they must navigate the challenges of waiting for the eggs to hatch, fend off those who seek to exploit the dragon and its offspring, and confront the secrets that Yara harbors—a revelation that could destroy everything. In this tale of flames and gold, two scarred souls in a world where trust is a rare and precious commodity must confront the ghosts of their pasts. They navigate the dangerous currents of love and deception, protecting unborn dragons from a world hungry for their magic. Will their bond withstand the trials ahead, or will the flames of betrayal engulf them in the end? A/N: It starts out SLOW, because I tend to get lost in the pages and be descriptive but once it gets to the action, it really picks up! Looking forward to growing with you all on this journey!!!

In this world, each species keeps to their own. However- In this cliche story, An Angel and a demon have a vision for change. How will they shape the future? And how will the next generation continue the change?

In the scorching village of Ẹkààrò, hunger runs deeper than the cracked red earth. Iyiola known simply as Iyi is no ordinary young man. Born with water in his lungs and stars in his palms, he carries a restless hunger that food cannot fill. What he truly craves is gold a symbol of power, wealth, and escape from a life tethered by poverty. By day, Iyi drifts through the dusty streets stained by Lagos grime. By night, he dives into the flickering glow of cyber cafes, hacking and scamming his way toward a dream that slips further away with every stolen dime. When danger closes in, he flees into the rain-soaked shadows, chased not just by men but by something ancient and unseen. An enigmatic herbalist offers Iyi a cryptic choice: to leave the world he knows behind and journey into a hidden realm where true wealth is weighed not by coins or diamonds, but by the soul’s price. With a bar of black soap pulsing like a heartbeat in his hands, Iyi steps into a world both familiar and surreal a silent market where riches vanish like smoke and where he is no longer one of them. The Weight of Gold is a gripping urban fantasy that explores the price of ambition, the pull of heritage, and the perilous quest for a treasure that could cost everything. Will Iyi find the gold he seeks or lose himself chasing it?

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Ruth seorang gadis yang comel dan nakal,sifatnya agak sedikit tulus sehingga nampak kebodohan yang menlucukan,dari keluarga pertengahan,bapaknya memiliki sebuah kedai runcit separuh abad.Ruth tidak mempunyai ibu,tapi mempunyai papa dan dua orang abang yang sangat menyayanggi Ruth dengan sepenuh hati mereka.Aboy abang sulung yang bersifat lembut dan Ate yang sisi tidak pasti baik atau jahat,papa mereka seorang yang kedekut,tapi keluarganya tetap utama. Quan jiran sebelah rumah dan juga teman masa kecil Ruth yang bercita² tinggi,dia sangat pintar dan bergaya,dia seorang anak tunggal di dalam keluarga,jadi dialah harapan ibu bapanya,bapaknya menpunyai sebuah kilang makanan. Villiam seorang chef terkenal yang hemsem berkerja di sebuah restoran lima bintang di kuala lumpur bandar raya yang sibuk,bukan saja hemsem tapi juga pandai masak,satu suka bersaing dan agak romantik. Diana sahabat talam dua muka yang selalu merasakan dia lagi bagus dari Ruth,dari alam persekolahan lagi dia menanggap Ruth sebagai persaingnya dalam diam,tampa Ruth sedari Diana bermain kotor di belakangnya. Ruth dan Quan pernah bercinta,karna salah faham,mereka akhirnya berpisah dan menjalankan kehidupan masing²,di saat Ruth mengenali Villiam.Quan muncul kembali ingin bersama,pada masa yang sama Diana juga muncul sebagai penghalang untuk Quan kembali kepada Ruth.Villiam juga tidak mahu mengalah untuk memiliki Ruth,bagaimana pengakhirannya di antara mereka nanti...

What happens when bored gods decide to make Earth their playground? The sky split open, and reality shattered. Giant system messages appeared in every city. Monsters poured from the shadows. Humanity was reduced to stat screens. There were no warnings. No saviors. Only a floating black box that announced: “You have been chosen as a player.” In this new world, survival isn’t about luck—it’s about learning the rules fast enough not to die. The story follows Shin Ye-Jun, a 26-year-old streamer who had just returned home from celebrating his mother’s birthday. Now, caught in a divine game of blood and chaos, he must grow stronger, uncover the secrets behind the system, and most importantly: “I will protect my family.” [Note: Every New chapter drops at 7a.m and 6p.m est.] [Discord link : https://discord.gg/7GU9kuR5]

" He wakes up in lives he doesn't remember… but each one feels like home.” Each night, he becomes someone else. Each morning, he questions if he ever was. Reality begins to fracture. Memories, dreams, identities—blur. And as the world folds in on itself, only one question remains: " What am I? "

Hosun,der Prinz seines Reiches, wird überfallen und muss flüchten. Dort trifft er auf ein mysteriöses Insel.

In a world where power is currency and loyalty is a dangerous gamble, Lena - an art forger turned reluctant bride - must navigate the deadly intrigues of the Syndicate. As alliances shift and secrets unravel beneath the glittering surface of high society. Lena discovers that survival means mastering the game of shadows, where every smile hides a threat and every move could be her last."** Their paths cross again at the hospital, where Lena learns that Damien needs a temporary fiancée due to a clause in his father's will. Desperate to secure funds for her mother's surgery and avoid losing her shares in the family company to her stepmother, Lena reluctantly agrees to marry Damien. Their arrangement is strictly business, with no intimacy involved. Ultimately, Lena's decision leads to personal growth, as she learns to assert her identity while facing the consequences of her choices. The tension between her and Damien...

They say war takes a piece of you. For him, it took everything — and gave something else in return. In a war-torn future where humanity clings to survival across shattered worlds, a single fireteam wages a desperate retreat from the alien force known as the Upyr — a biomechanical species that doesn’t kill its enemies… it repurposes them. When a mission goes sideways, the unnamed protagonist is left behind, captured, and dragged into the nightmare of an Upyr research facility. There, beneath black suns and sterile lights, he becomes the subject of grotesque experiments: his body flayed, remade, and fused with invasive alien technology — not as a soldier, but as a prototype. Implanted with the Carrion Fork — a living nanite weapon — and sheathed in Wraithskin stealth armor, he emerges as something no longer human. Memories blur, identity fragments, and purpose becomes a ghost. But he remembers one thing: his name was once spoken with love. And the ones who left him behind? They're still out there. Still fighting. Now, hunted by the Upyr and feared by the species he once protected, he must decide if there’s enough left of him to save anything — or if the monster they built is all that remains.

She killed on stage… and the curtains never closed. Lilith never wanted the spotlight. But when a blade found its way into her hand during the academy’s grandest theater performance, and blood painted the stage red, the world saw her for what she truly was. Or… what they forced her to become. Now transported into a realm that feels more like a cruel joke than a second chance, Lilith finds herself under the watchful eyes of a cold knight commander and a golden emperor with secrets far darker than their crowns. In this twisted fantasy where survival is a performance and everyone wears a mask, Lilith must decide: Will she play the role of a pawn? Or write her own bloody script?

Alessandro Marchetti, raised to be great, raised to be powerful. He’s to take over as Don of the Marchetti clan and he is also to take over his family business which makes millions of dollars. Isabella Casanova, stunning, striking, and untouchable was raised up in the Casanova clan. Alessandro was her first love, but he leaves her one day without explanation, and goes back to Italy. She’s heartbroken. Years pass and he’s finally back, except she has a secret she cannot afford for him to find out. Fate, however, has other plans. Will her secret be revealed?

She walked into the room to witness her husband of four years in bed with her sister. What’s worse? There is a divorce paper waiting for her signature over the desk stand and she’s three months pregnant. She was betrayed by everyone dear to her. Danelle craved death, and wanted to end it all. But the poor lives in her stomach gave her a hope like never before. She flew out of the country, disappeared after the heavy smack of miseries. Six years later, she made a return to the frizzling city of Damilton. Not as the weak girl that was preyed upon in the past, but as the powerful CEO of a vast growing company ready to rival all. And she thirst deeply for the downfall of those who wronged her. “Ms Danelle, those babies and you are mine.” His hand stretched to reach her shoulder. She flinched almost before his hand could reach her, “Touch me or them Mr Ford, and I can assure you a case with the authorities,” she threatened coldly.

Isang gabing pagkakamali kapalit ng habang buhay na pag kakatali ni Christine Salazar sa isang Jake Downson. kasiyahan ba ang maaring maranasan nila sa hinaharap na mag kasama? o isang mapait na kalungkutan na mag hahatid sa kanila ng sakit na di pa nila naranasan sa buong buhay nila bago sila maging isang mag asawa. WARNING: MATURED CONTENT

In a world where your only option to live a good life is in a VR world, while your body is trapped in a bunker, Aarav seeks to free himself and all of humanity of this illusion.

[Discontinued] Jack never expected that one day even he would survive the trials set by the stars. Through sheer brutality, grit and cunning he survives his first trial and awakens his power as one of humanity's greatest heroes. Set in a post apocalyptic era, where the stars have faded and the moon no longer shines in the city. Jack must carve his own path. But life doesn't plan to make it easy for him. With monsters emerging from gates, and political wars between the great houses how will Jack survive?

Having lost it all, Belle had nothing other than her beauty left to fend for herself. Pressed into a corner, she had to unwillingly enter the world of gold-digging—an unknown world to her, one that could either be heaven, or hell, perhaps both.

Was a story once, not anymore and since I can't delete, this is the best I can do.

A deeply introverted girl, invisible to most of her classmates, drifts quietly through high school without friendships or attention. But college brings her freedom, strange connections, and a chance for her to either open up or retreat even deeper into herself.

In a quiet town cloaked in rain and routine, a girl who rarely speaks stumbles upon a strange, forgotten book hidden in her attic. Its pages whisper fragments of a tale long buried—a story of monsters sealed underground, a child who fell, and a truth twisted by time. But many pages are missing. Gaps in memory. Pieces of a puzzle the world wants to forget. Compelled by the mystery and driven by a need she can’t explain, the girl sets out for the legendary Mount Ebott—the last known gateway to the Underground. One stormy night, she watches the mountain from afar, unable to shake the feeling that something is calling her. The next morning, she quietly leaves her home and begins her journey, alone. At the entrance to the Underground, she meets a robed figure with no face—a man who seems to know more than he says. He warns her not to continue, to turn back before the story repeats itself. But when she refuses to leave, he offers her the one thing she’s never had: the truth.

After dying from overwork, a lonely man is given a second chance-in another man's body, with a loving family he never had. As he learns to live in this new world, he discovers warmth, connection, and the meaning of being loved. A heartfelt tale of redemption and quiet healing.

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When Alex and Emma, two childhood friends stumble upon a quirky, enchanted book at a local library, they have no clue it’s about to turn their lives upside down. One afternoon, while starting the new book , Emma gets magically pulled into the story, leaving Alex totally freaked out and desperate to get her back. Determined to rescue her, Alex jumps into the book and finds himself in a wild world where fairy tale characters have modern twists and crazy problems "The fuck, we’re inside that book?" Alex blinked, wide eyed. "Am I dreaming? Ugh, this is a nightmare!" Emma rubbed her temples. Before they could process, an old man appeared out of nowhere, waving a stick as if it explained everything. “You two are in deep trouble,” he said, grinning. “You’ll have to solve the mess in each world to make it out. Oh, and watch out for the immersion rate. Lose track, and you’ll become the characters forever.” "What, like a game?" Alex asked, half-joking. “Something like that,” the old man winked. “Good luck.. you’ll need it.” " What even was that?? He came and left just like that? " And so begins their wild journey, where they must navigate one bizarre setting after another, taking on different roles while trying not to forget who they really are... all while their memories slip away, bit by bit. As they navigates through the hilarious chaos, they realize the need to embrace the wild story and team up with the quirky characters they meets. Their love gets tested in all sorts of unexpected ways, leading to both laugh out loud moments and sweet reminders of what they mean to each other.

It describes about the journey of a immortal soul. It is story of a soul attaining perfection via different characters during its life cycle.

Short stories of the once was. These stories are inspired by WiseTL's What The World Leaves Behind. Go check her translations out, they're good.