Once upon a time, a cat fell in love with an ambitious man.

COMPLETE #1 in Fantasy #1 in Adventure #1 in Historical Fiction ---------- Sometimes, believing helps us to see truth. Other times, we need a little evidence to believe. But there is truth behind everything; every false manoeuvre, ever little lie...a small piece of truth is hidden. Just like truth is wound into legends too. Growing up best friend to the future King, Arabelle never really thought her life could go wrong. Whenever she wanted something, or needed something, she would get it. Then she lost her father at a young age and Arabelle was forced into a world of dresses, balls, and lies. Being a tomboy, Arabelle would have rather been out on her horse doing archery practice with her brothers. When Arabelle gets curious and sneaks into a forbidden area of the castle, she discovers a deadly secret: her bloodline is sacred, dating back to a legend surrounded by the one thing she knows not to be true. Unsure what to do, she gets caught up in a series of events that lead to her being hidden and whisked away from the only familiar place she knew. After making some unlikely allies, Arabelle sets off on a journey to find the legend of the last dragon egg. Fate has something big in store for her; will she be able to withstand the pressure of it all?There is one thing Arabelle needs to learn to survive this new place... Some things are more than a legend. ---------- © Isabella Espe 2013 - 2019 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. This work is unedited. Your patience and leniency towards any grammatical or spelling errors is requested while you read this story. This story was written in 2013, and the author knows there are a lot of errors in this work. Thank you for understanding. ---------- Credit to @Abyss-of-Crazy for the cover!

I shape-shift. Me and my three friends, Ruby, Jason and Caleb, all do. We each have a different Species of animals that we are able to shift into. One day we will have even more powers, more than we could ever imagine... or so we've been told. Unfortunately, we have to destroy a demon/creature army that wants to dominate the earth, and find some sort of Item that will give us the other powers. If we don't conquer the demons the world will be taken over. My name is Serena Porter, and I will not let that happen.

"It's a jungle out there." If by "out there" you mean "high school", then the age old saying rings true for seven teenage girls trying to survive the last two years of their high school career. Unfortunately for them (and just about the rest of the human population), the species homo sapien lacks the proper instincts to survive a jungle-like environment with ease as certain animals are naturally accustomed to. Some might even say the claws of a jaguar are far easier to escape than the clutches of a mean girl with PMS. And why can't teenage boys just express their interest the way peacocks and umbrella birds do? With the mind of a mad scientist and just about the greatest risk ever taken since exploring outer space, a new form of human is created. A better kind of human the world has ever seen. Or so it seems at first.