11th, 12th November 2026 Writings

 

11^th

 

Excerpt from: A Variant Lawndale

“You mean the one where people walking down the street burst into flames?” Daria asked sarcastically.

 

“The Coffee House! We’ll plan it, locate it, raise the money, and open it!” O’Neill said.

 

“Would that qualify as an extracurricular activity?” Daria asked.

 

Words: 41

 

 

Excerpt from: May’s Journey

“Yes!”

 

“It’s obvious that your experience from Hoenn is helping you here in Sinnoh,” Crasher Wake said as he grabbed the badge.

 

Words: 22

 

 

Excerpt from: Pippa Investigates

“Some of the props have been going missing,” the previous actor answered.

 

A voice came from behind her. “And there is a strange smell in the backstage corridor.”

 

Pippa turned and saw her neighbor Luna. “You and Marina also here?” she asked, referring to Luna’s roommate.

 

“She’ll be here shortly. She heard some sirens near the beach,” Luna said quietly.

 

Words: 60

 

 

Excerpt from: Pokemon: Bea in Sinnoh

Stow-On-Side was quiet, as it was the off season for the Galar League. Then again, Darkest Day was still on everyone’s minds.

 

Bea arrived at the Gym early, as she usually did, after training both herself and her Pokémon, but she had been feeling restless in her routine.

 

Allister was also early, with his Cursola and Haunter giving him company as usual. “Morning, Bea,” he said quietly.

 

“Morning Allister.”

 

“You seem… quieter than usual.”

 

“I’m not.”

 

“Right.”

 

“I admit, that I’m still occasionally thinking about Darkest Day, but so would everybody,” Bea said, at her usual volume.

 

‘How long is it since you took a break?”

 

Words: 106

 

 

Excerpt from: Pebble’s Journey begins

“I’m ready to choose,” Pebbles said.

 

“Welcome, Pebbles Flintstone. There are three Starter Pokémon here. One Fire Type, the others Water and Grass.”

 

Pebbles looked at the three pokeballs on the bench.

 

Words: 32

 

 

Excerpt from: Spider Quinn

“Right.”

 

“I also can’t do anything about what you do outside school hours, outside school grounds.”

 

“But?” Quinn asked.

 

“That particular vigilante is often seen leaving the school grounds after the school day is over. Lawndale High being associated with her is, complicated.”

 

“What are you saying? That the heroine shouldn’t be seen leaving the school?”

 

“Or rather, that she be more discreet,” the principal responded.

 

“I’ll consider that,” Quinn responded.

 

“I’ll be continuing what I have been doing.”

 

“You might find Ninja Talon that way, but I doubt you’ll find the Shadow, the fourth or Dafoanairi.”

 

“I know that,” the principal said. “But, if I do find Ninja Talon, I’ll tell her what I told you.”

 

“That would be best.”

 

Words: 121

 

Total: 402

 

 

12^th

 

Excerpt from:

“She knows I’m not interested in theater!” Mariner complained.

 

“I can help!” Bradward Boimler said.

 

“Of course you are. She said you are,” Mariner said.

 

“Really?” Boimler asked.

 

Words: 28

 

 

Excerpt from: May’s Journey

“Thanks,” May said as she accepted the Fen Badge.

 

 

May stepped out of the Gym and looked towards the Pokémon Center. She knew she would wait in Pastoria at least overnight before heading towards Heartholm.

 

Words: 35

 

Excerpt from: Mysteries of Aurora

The Head Librarian says that rumours of other hidden archives in AAUA and the rest of Urbs Aeterna are accurate, but that she also doesn’t know where they all are.

 

Words: 30

 

 

Excerpt from: The Werewolf Investigator

Luna arrived at the theater and saw that there was chaos. She noticed that the backdrop had been slashed and that several unpleasant smells were pervading the auditorium.

 

“Are you the investigator?” one of the stagehands asked.

 

“Yes, I’m Luna.”

 

“As you can see, there has been vandalism.”

 

Words: 40

 

 

Excerpt from: Accidental Detectives

“…I said I’m not rehearsing until I’m sure the area around the stage is safe.”

 

“But?” the director said.

 

“I know I’m on the stage right now.”

 

Sarah approached the stage. “Excuse me?”

 

“Who are you?” the actress asked.

 

“Sarah Lansdowne, amateur detective.”

 

Words: 43

 

 

Excerpt from: Spider Quinn

“You may go now. Be assured that secrets will be kept.”

 

 

As she walked back to class, Quinn reflected that Ms. Li didn’t really, know, just heavily suspected. ‘Still, I will tell Brit,’ she thought as Ms. Li called the next student on her list to her office.

 

 

Stacy saw that Quinn was more in thought as she returned. “Are you OK?” she asked.

 

“I’m fine. The principal is just closer to the truth than I thought,” Quinn answered quietly.

 

Stacy felt her heart beat faster in a familiar manner. She breathed deeply. “Oh!” she said.

 

“I’ll tell you more later, but don’t worry for now.”

 

“You know that’s not helpful,” Stacy commented.

 

“I know.”

 

“Are you finished there, Quinn?” Mrs. Bennet asked.

 

“Yes.”

 

 

At lunch, Quinn and Brittany found each other at the back of the library.

 

“I see that she said something,” Brittany said.

 

“She did,” Quinn said, and laid out what Ms. Li had said and that the principal only highly suspected that she was SpiderGirl.

 

Brittany hugged Quinn. “It’s still not good that she suspects.”

 

“Definitely not,” Quinn agreed. “She could change her mind.”

 

“True, and at the current rate, she’ll get to me sometime next week,” Brittany said as she twirled a pigtail.

 

“That’s plenty of time to prepare.”

 

The cheerleader ninja nodded.

 

“Besides, we need to have another look at the ziggurat first,” Quinn said.

 

“I’m not sure that there would be clues that we missed yesterday.”

 

“Maybe not, but the professor is still missing.”

 

Words: 251

 

 

Total: 447

Spider Quinn 25 Robots and Grudges Make Their Match Part 1

 25. Robots and Grudges Make Their Match

Shortly after school let out, Quinn Morgendorffer. Stacy Rowe and Jamie White arrived at the multiplex at the Lawndale Mall.

 

“So, which movie is it, again?” Quinn asked. She had some idea, but she wanted to be sure.

 

“Mysteries of Greenville,” Stacy said. “The synopsis makes it seem like a story similar to what’s happening in Lawndale.”

 

“I’m sure there’s a lot different,” Quinn said.

 

“True, but it’s about teen superheroines in a small town,” Stacy said. “That’s similar enough.”

 

“We’ll see,” Quinn said.

 

“Oh!” Jamie said as they approached the counter.

 

“What is it?” Quinn asked, although she did see that there was someone new at the counter.

 

 

Quinn went up to the counter. “Three for Mysteries of Greenville, please.”

 

“It’s proving quite popular,” the girl, Lena, said. “Not surprising, really.”

 

“True.”

 

 

“Jamie?” Stacy asked, as he seemed distracted as they went to the cinema.

 

“Oh, sorry, I was thinking,” Jamie said.

 

“About the new girl?” Stacy asked.

 

“Yes. Better than the other one who was usually there.”

 

“I know what you mean.”

 

 

Quinn thought about the movie as they came out. It was both different and similar to the situation in Lawndale. ‘Maybe there are other towns like Lawndale out there.’

 

“Jamie!” Stacy called as the boy went ahead. “We’re going to the pizza place.”

 

Jamie was startled. “Oh, of course.”

 

 

The pizza place was only half full when they arrived.

 

“Most people are at the Historia,” Jamie commented.

 

“Not necessarily,” Stacy said.

 

“We didn’t set out to take customers from Lawndale’s other small businesses,” Quinn said, as she was one of the partners running that theater, café and bookshop.

 

“Oh, right,” Jamie said, still thinking about the girl he had seen at the cinema.

 

“Let’s order something,” Stacy said.

 

 

However, Quinn soon got a message from Brittany Taylor on the burner number she used as Ninja Talon, one of Lawndale’s heroine vigilantes.

 

Talon: A tip from Andrea. Oscorp is planning to steal robotics information from Landon Engineering.

 

“Oh,” Quinn said.

 

Spidey: I’ll meet you there at midnight, as is becoming usual.

 

“Something up?” Stacy asked.

 

“Something, but it can wait,” Quinn answered. ‘Sorry, Stacy. You still can’t really know that I’m SpiderGirl,’ she thought, not for the first time.

 

 

It was just after midnight when Ninja Talon saw SpiderGirl swing out of one of the Morgendorffers’ attic windows over to the tree where she was waiting.

 

“Hey Talon!”

 

“Hey Spidey.”

 

“What has Andrea found?”

 

“All the tip says is what I told you,” Ninja Talon responded.

 

“Then let’s see what she’ll say.”

 

 

Andrea opened her bedroom window to let the two vigilante heroines in.

 

“Good evening,” SpiderGirl said. “So, what is this information that Oscorp is planning to steal?”

 

“I have dug up more information,” Andrea said. “Apparently Andrew Landon has recently hired a graduate student from New York who has come up with innovative designs.”

 

“Is that all?” Ninja Talon asked.

 

“No, apparently there is an underground robot fighting club somewhere in Lawndale,” Andrea answered. “It might be linked to that.”

 

“A bit of a stretch,” SpiderGirl considered.

 

“I know, but there’s already wrestling arenas,” Andrea said.

 

“I’m aware,” SpiderGirl with a hint of sadness.

 

 

Ninja Talon knew that tone. SpiderGirl was remembering her father’s death again. She had told her about being at the wrestling arena before his death. ‘I’ll talk to her afterwards.’

 

“So, it may be somewhere nearby,” SpiderGirl surmised after a pause.

 

“That is quite likely,” Andrea said. “I’ll print off a map that will show them.”

 

“That will help,” Ninja Talon said.

 

 

SpiderGirl and Ninja Talon paused on the Hecuba-Croft’s roof. “Talon, you know what I told you before,” SpiderGIrl said.

 

“Yes,” Ninja Talon said.

 

“Being there again will make the memories more fresh.”

 

Ninja Talon hugged her friend.

 

“Thanks, Talon.”

 

Sirens then could be heard in the distance.

 

“Responsibility calls,” SpiderGirl said, all business.

 

“Go, get them, Spidey,” Talon said as encouragement.

 

 

Lawndale Sun-Herald

Wednesday March 22, 2001

Why Did Quentin Beck Return?

Melinda Parris

 

 

As he arrived at school and found his friends Jeffy Brown-Mercer and Joey Green, Jamie’s mind wasn’t on the newspaper article. It was on the girl he had met at the cinema box office the previous evening.

 

“Jamie?” Jeffy asked.

 

“I was just thinking about something,” Jamie responded.

 

“About what?” Joey asked.

 

“A girl,” Jamie answered.

 

“Quinn?” Jeffy asked.

 

“No, not Quinn,” Jamie said. “Someone I met last night.”

 

“Who was this?” Joey asked.

 

“She works at the cinema,” Jamie answered.

 

“Is she older?” Jeffy asked.

 

“I don’t know.”

 

 

As she arrived at school, Quinn was thinking again about what Andrea had found. ‘It’s not surprising that Osborn would want to steal something from Landon Engineering.’ It was only a couple of weeks after she and Brittany had caught Osborn red handed casing one of their warehouses. ‘Is it that I don’t want to go to that wrestling arena again?’ She considered that as she recalled her father’s last words again. ‘With Great Power comes Great Responsibility. I have to face it if I need to.’

 

“Quinn?” her friend Stacy Rowe, asked as she came up.

 

“I was thinking about something,” Quinn responded.

 

“Like how Lawndale is getting crazier? Like when you and Daria were at the stadium on Monday night? Or…”

 

Quinn interrupted before Stacy could spiral further. “Something like that.”

 

“And you’re worried about Beck?” Stacy asked.

 

“A little,” Quinn admitted. “But that’s not all.”

 

“What else?”

 

“About the Historia tonight. Whether Kevin will cause a ruckus as he did last week.”

 

“We can talk him down again,” Stacy said.

 

“True, but Jane, Trent and the two vigilantes probably wouldn’t be there.”

 

 

Quinn thought about that as she went to Homeroom. Kevin hadn’t let up on his intent to ask SpiderGirl out despite the official end of O’Neill’s assignment.

 

 

In Homeroom, Andrea asked a classmate about the underground robot fighting arena.

 

“I’m not involved,” Elias Howarth said.

 

“I didn’t say you were,” Andrea said.

 

“But I know a couple who certainly are.”

 

“And they are?”

 

“Jennifer,” Elias started.

 

“Burns?” Andrea interrupted with a little surprise.

 

“Yes,” Elias answered. “And also Upchuck.”

 

“I’ll talk to Jennifer,” Andrea decided.

 

Elias chuckled a little. “But there might be another.”

 

“But you aren’t sure.”

 

“No, but why are you looking for them?”

 

“I’m helping SpiderGirl and Ninja Talon look into something,” Andrea answered quietly.

 

“Oh. You have been working with them.”

 

“Yes. From time to time.”

 

“If I run into Jennifer, I’ll tell her that you want to talk to her about it,” Elias said.

 

“Thanks.”

 

 

Between first and second periods, Jennifer Burns found Elias at her locker. “Elias?” she asked.

 

“Andrea is looking for you.”

 

“Is she?”

 

“It’s about the underground robot fighting.”

 

“Is it?” Jennifer asked.

 

Elias nodded.

 

“Why?”

 

“Andrea was asking for two of the vigilante heroes.”

 

“Did she say why?” Jennifer asked.

 

“No, but it’s probably important.”

 

“I’ll talk to Andrea. But Upchuck is more heavily involved.”

 

“I’ll talk to him too.”

 

 

At the beginning of Lunch, Elias found Upchuck on the way to the cafeteria.

 

“Charles!” he said, deliberately not using the nickname.

 

“Elias! How are you today?”

 

“Well enough. There’s something I want to talk to you about.”

 

“Which is?” Upchuck asked.

 

“Underground robot fighting,” Elias answered quietly.

 

Upchuck lowered his voice too. “Yes, I’m involved, but why are you asking? You want to get involved too?

 

“No. Andrea asked me to look into it for a couple of the heroine vigilantes.”

 

“SpiderGirl and Ninja Talon?” Upchuck considered. “Why would they be asking?”

 

“Andrea didn’t say,” Elias said. “And I didn’t say it was first two.”

 

“I guessed right, though. The Shadow seems to work alone, and reports of the fourth and Dafoanairi working together haven’t been corroborated, other than when Ms. Lane was abducted from the Historia.”

 

“Good point.”

 

“But I will help,” Upchuck said.

 

 

Andrea was sitting in a corner of the cafeteria after having got her lunch. She saw both Jennifer and Upchuck enter from different doors. She took out her notebook, where she had written the information Brittany had given her in shorthand.

7th, 8th November 2026 Writings

 

7^th

 

Excerpt from: May’s Journey

The Pastoria Gym wasn’t quite what May had expected, with a puzzle involving water levels, but she got through it.

 

“Who is the challenger?” Crasher Wake asked.

 

“May from Petalburg City, in the Hoenn region,” May responded.

 

“I see you worked out my puzzle quickly.”

 

Words: 45

 

 

Excerpt from: Luci’s Sorting

Second Year at Hogwarts wasn’t what Luci had expected. She didn’t like the fact that something was petrifying students, even if they were Mudbloods. She overheard Potter saying something about it as he got to class just ahead of her.

 

Words: 40

 

 

Excerpt from: Conundrum of an Invitation

“Hello, ladies,” Charles Ruttheimer said.

 

“Go away, Upchuck!”

 

“I can give you a tour of the house,” Charles said.

 

“Scram, Upchuck!” Daria said, as the boy’s demeanour was putting her off.”

 

Words: 31

 

 

Excerpt from: The Disk Planet

“Then be ready to give a report on that by 1600 hours, Lieutenant,” the Captain ordered.

 

“Yes, Captain,” Tendi responded enthusiastically.

 

 

Cerritos moved closer, so as to scan the world ahead more effectively.

 

‘It’s larger than the ship the Enterprise had encountered,’ Tendi thought as she looked at the scans.

 

“A little further, Lt. Boimler,” the Captain said.

 

“You mean, a standard orbital distance, Captain?” Lieutenant Bradward Boimler asked. “Because I’m not sure that applies here.”

 

Words: 76

 

 

Excerpt from: Adventures of Crest Haven College

Alex continued unpacking, placing everything in its place.

 

 

Danielle looked over at where Alex was unpacking. The overwhelmingly pink space was becoming extremely organized. ‘She probably thinks she’s perfect too!’

 

 

Alex finished unpacking and looked over at where Danielle’s space was still disorganized. ‘No, I’ll talk to someone else,’ she decided.

 

She grabbed her keys and left the room and saw that many other students were still arriving down the hall.

 

Words: 71

 

 

Yuletide Challenge fan fiction: 46

 

 

Excerpt from: Spider Quinn

Penelope Jericho

 

SpiderGirl read the paper after buying it at the gas station that was close to the Jefferson Bridge as the Sun rose. Penelope had just given the facts in her article as she usually did. She looked out over Lawndale from the gas station’s roof as she prepared to continue to the Bridge to talk to Ninja Talon. She looked at the Historia to the northwest. The theater building looked normal, and she knew that Angie was opening for breakfast as she had taken to doing on most days. ‘Anything to distract from still being in Lawndale, I suppose,’ she thought. She then looked towards the Bridge. She was sure that Talon was waiting.

 

 

Brittany saw SpiderGirl arrive and unmask as Quinn. “I see you’ve got the paper.”

 

“Yes. But Mrs. Jericho didn’t uncover anything more than we did,” Quinn responded as she handed over the paper.

 

“I see,” Brittany said as she skimmed the article.

 

“Daria said that she and the Enigma will investigate further also.”

 

“Is that Daria as Dafoanairi?”

 

“Yes,” Quinn answered. “She came back home while I was listening to the city, and sneaked back into the house in a way she thought was clever afterwards.”

 

“And you’re sure she still has no idea?”

 

Words: 210

 

 

Total: 511

 

 

8^th

 

 

Excerpt from: The Cat Returns – The Christmas Case

“I’m afraid not,” Keiko answered.

 

“Maybe I could have a look,” Haru suggested.

 

Words: 13

 

 

Excerpt from: Convergence on Lawndale

“What exactly are you looking for?” the girl asked.

 

“Something out of place,” Daria responded.

 

Words: 15

 

 

Excerpt from: May’s Journey

“Hoenn had similar puzzles.”

 

Crasher Wake laughed boisterously.

 

Words: 8

 

 

Excerpt from: Chronicles of Time – After the Pandemic

“That’s good.”

 

Danica turned to the nearest console. “So, we can change the lock out.”

 

 

Daniel watched as Danica opened the temporal control application and changed the lockout settings, so that travellers after March 2023 could travel before the COVID-19 pandemic but not during it.

 

“Done,” Danica said.

 

They then watched as the minor timeline changes from people being able to travel backwards occurred.

 

“Temporal variance minor,” Danica said as she turned back to Daniel.

 

Words: 75

 

 

Excerpt from: Mysteries of Aurora

August 2026

The students return to AAUA for their third year. Freya continues to experiment with her works.

 

Words: 18

 

 

Excerpt from: Spider Quinn

“Absolutely.”

 

Brittany thought about that. ‘She probably wouldn’t.’

 

“We’ll head out again after school.”

 

“But will they know more?”

 

“Probably. They have to find something,” Quinn said. “But there is also Ms. Li. I’m certain she’ll get to me today.”

 

“Very likely.”

 

“So, I’ll tell her the truth.”

 

“That you got the message from Andrea?” Brittany asked.

 

“Yes. Even though she might figure it out.”

 

“That’s very risky,” Brittany said quietly.

 

“But she’ll still have speculation to go on, no actual proof,” Quinn pointed out.

 

“That’s true.”

 

Words: 87

 

 

Total: 206