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Writing Prompt

STORY STARTER

Write the origin story of a supernatural villian.

Make this villian up instead of using one from a story. How did they come to be evil?

Leviathan

Levi Moore a 15 year old girl who lives in silver county who was born with a genetic disorder that caused her to have scales on her arms and the people in her life are ashamed of it and her her parents are disgusted by her and wished she was never born and at school is worst her classmates and peers judge her make fun of her bully her and calls her the serpent of silver county.


One night she was ...

Dear Sister,

At the ripe age of 13, you left me alone with our alcoholic father without saying a single word to me—an explanation why you left. I was confused because you loved me dearly, at least that’s what you always told me before tucking me in bed. I cried all day, but I also waited at the door—hoping, maybe you’d come back for me?


A few days after you left, I saw on the television that Highwarden—a cita...

Villains (and Heroes) are Made

Nightfall wasn’t always like this. Bitter. Cold. Aggressive. Never letting anyone get close to her. Sharpening her knives while she actively stalks her next target.


But like many women, she was wronged by a man. 


Not just any man. Brainwash. She refuses to use his full government name. Maybe it’s a part of her that wants to keep the two separate. Like Brainwash’s civilian persona was sacred and ...

Captain’s Revenge

It started with the rain. My worst enemy. And yet my greatest power. But I was still drowning as I watched it through the bar window.

“Captain!”

Spoons burst through the door. He was soaked through and yet he carried an umbrella. He spotted me and stole my drink.

I dodged the splatters of water. “Are you just here to steal my whiskey?”

“Sorry, Captain.” He set down the empty cup. “The...

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Dead Girl Alive

I often find myself sitting in the corner of the room, staring into the dusky black abyss. I wonder why no matter how hard I try, how much I want, I can not fit in.


I’m an outcast. The kid that sits at the table in the back of the cafeteria because nobody else wants to.


My only reason on this god-forsaken universe is to be of help to others.


I sometimes walk on the side of the road and think ...

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Mole

Former child star Olympic swimmer

Not very bright at school bullied for his looks like a mole a possible disfigurement. lost his older brother stabbed for his mobile.

One day snapped and killed his brothers killer.

Sent to juvenile instuite.

Mother single was a secretly who dotted on her only son to become great.

Took up swimming and was playing for the leagues.

When on holiday he had a accide...

Can’t Stop Destruction

“No one is born EVIL.

It’s inflicted on them by the world, there experience make them twist up, experiences make people stiffen up like planks of wood, experiences make people see the world with fresh eyes.

So Judge, no one begins evil, life makes even the sweetest people turn.

That’s what happened to me. Sorry if this sounds attention seeking but the world wasn’t fair on me.

Oh how? HOW WASN’T...

Up In Smoke

She was almost nothing now.


After years of his abuse she felt none of her old self in her body.


Who am I?


What do I like?


What do I want?


These were questions she no longer had answers for. Her mind only flooded with what his answers might be.


(Who am I?)

Insecure and useless.


(What do I like?)

Only what he allows me too.


(What do I want?)

To not make him angry.


She was a shell that...

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Decided

Some say evil is a choice. Something one does just for the thrill of it.

But I see it a bit differently.

I think it's a decision other people make for you. They push you and pull you until you ultimately snap.

And then they wonder what went wrong.

'Oh, how did a such a sweet, innocent child end up like this?' they wail, willingly ignorant to the hand they played in this story. Blind to the fact th...

Vilified

Neglected.

Unprotected.

Not being believed.


Chin up’d.

Shut up.

Unable to grieve.


Silenced.

Violenced.

Pressed to the wall.


Rushed.

Crushed.

Must run, can’t crawl.


If you want to know how a villain is born,

Ask them how often they chose their own verbs....