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Medieval Rebels vs King (Realistic Fantasy) (Intended for Doubles)
-Plot A: So in the beginning we have a handsome man of 21 or so who's a rebel leader(who's village was attacked by bandits because the king keeps all his soldiers around him, caring not for the villages that are under his rule. Losing his parents and many of his friends, he took his young siblings and fled, and now seeks revenge) He's sneaking into the castle to retrieve information for his next plan of sabotage but finds that someone else is trying to steal the same thing that night. A girl who also is looking for revenge, her father had been a loyal knight and he was all she had after her mother died giving birth to her, and she just knows that the king was behind the assassin that killed him. She's looking for answers as to why while at the same time trying to destroy the king. It's a bit of an awkward situation when they meet and it takes some convincing but the rebel leader convinces her that they can share the information if she comes back to his camp of rebels with him. There he tells her his plan of using the kings army. Since in the secrets they stole one holds the command word used to enforce new orders. The king has been sending his armies out to conquer other kingdoms. Not caring about the lives he's destroying in the process. The rebel leaders plan is to send the army on a goose chase. Sending them to coordinates that instead send two of the king's forces at each other instead of against another kingdom. Making the king look a fool when his men come face to face with their own comrades.
Things are of course joyous after such a victory. Giving the rebel leader time before his next plan of attack against the king. He decides to spend it getting to know this new girl more. Not knowing that the king is now more than ever looking for revenge against him. Spending so much time with this new girl that one night when he returns to his home he finds it in shambles, his young brother (10), telling him of what happened and that their sister (16), has been taken to the castle.
After that there is no more time for little pranks against the king. No more irritating him and making his life troublesome and making him look the fool. It's time to take him down for good. The rebel leader with his new love interest have to come up with a full plan together to take down their biggest enemy.
-Plot B: After the trick is played the king is of course furious. Wanting information on the rebel leader he puts up a reward for information on his whereabouts. (since this isn't the first trick/sabotage that he's done to his highness) Someone actually betrays him and the king sends his personal guards to bring him in. Only instead when they go to his house that's a ways away from the hidden camp they instead find him gone and take his sister instead. Taking her back to the castle she's immediately thrown into one of the dungeon cells to await further sentencing. While down there she meets with a figure who uses a secret passage way that's in the dungeons to come and go by night. On her first night there she simply asks a favor of him. The next night he doesn't even need asking and actually spends a bit of time talking to her. The figure always wears a hooded cloak, shielding his face so she never gets a good look of who he could be. The nights go by much like this until the day comes when she is taken from the dungeons up into the town courtyard for sentencing. The king sentencing her to be hung from the neck until dead until a figure steps up to argue the decision. The prince argues on her behalf. Convincing his father that death is too easy a punishment. That it would be more humiliating if his father let him have her as his concubine, essentially making her a possession. His father seeing the humor in it agrees to this new sentence. Once she's handed over to the prince the rebel's sister recognizes something about the prince, or more the ring he's wearing on his finger. Realizing it's the same one that she saw on the stranger's finger in the dungeons. Of course the prince never lied about who he was but he never exactly said who he was either. In his mind this is the only way to protect her but at the same time it's trapping her. Since she may be free to go where she wishes in the castle without harm coming to her but if she steps outside without the prince as her chaperon that protection fades away, and there have been orders given to kill on sight.

Pirate Sisters (Realistic Pirates) (Intended for Doubles)
Two pirate sisters who have always been pitted against each other thanks to their mother's doing may have gotten themselves in too deep this time when their rivalry leads them both to go for a theft with high stakes. The younger sister is going after the most prized jewel worn by one of the most notorious pirates. Not to be outdone the older sister is really taking a risk in stealing from a high official who is known for hunting down pirates and making them pay for their crimes. Each may actually need the other when all is said and done whether they'd ever want to admit it or not.
For the start I'm thinking a prologue of sorts. Having them when they were young. The younger sister trying to get the upper hand on the older by trying to sneak in an attack. Leading to the two of them sword fighting till easily enough the older triumphs with their mother's approval when she comes upon them to catch the end of the fight. Later that same night their mother is murdered, the younger sister witnessing it. The older sister coming in only after the killer leaves after being woken up by her sister's screams. Which only creates a bigger rift between the sisters since the older blames the younger for not trying to do something to save their mother that night, even if deep inside she knows she likely wouldn't have been able to do anything either had she been in the same position.
After that it would skip to when they're older. Both at a tavern that's frequented mainly by pirates and questionable patrons who are normally up to no good. It's here that little sis boasts her plan to use her charms on one of the most dangerous pirates out there just to steal a ruby of his that he's known for wearing, and that has been passed down his family line. Not to be outdone big sis says she's going to catch herself the famous pirate hunter, steal his heart along with his prized medal that he received from the queen. In anger that it seems her sister might yet best her again younger sis gets the head start in her game by going over to said pirate and getting acquainted, as if to show her sister she means business.
Neither has revealed their whole plan to the other. The younger sister having already decided who she would steal from not based on his jewelry but his father. On the night she seen their mother killed she didn't tell her sister who she saw. Waiting only for her time for revenge. For the older sister her plan is again much more dangerous for what she didn't tell her younger sister is she plans to get in good with the pirate hunter so she can have a chance at getting closer to the Queen, who is trying to get rid of all pirates, with her chance she will kill the Queen in the hopes of sending a message.

A wizards deal (Magical Fantasy) (Intended for Doubles)
On the day of his daughter's birth a king is forced into a contract that he has no intention of honoring. The contract being that to make peace with the magic users in the west his daughter will marry with their prince when she comes of age at eighteen. On that day the prince will come to bind them to each other and take her away with him. The king who's always had a hatred towards magic users could never see his daughter marrying such a horrid creature and comes up with a plan. Finding a replacement that he might hand over in place of his daughter. Secretly sending out some of his most loyal men to find a girl his own daughter's age to bring into the castle. When his daughter turns four and a girl still isn't found the King starts to lose hope.
Secretive men who have erased the memories of a child and hope to hide her encounter one of the King's men. Not knowing of the King's plan and only believing that it will be the safest place for her they send her off.
Having always wanted a sibling the girls are instant friends. Always telling each other everything and going most places that the other does. With their eighteenth birthdays fast approaching the replacement starts to become aware that she can do strange things. Namely magic. Something that is frowned upon in their kingdom. Scared and not knowing who else to turn to she tells the princess. Together they keep this secret and the princess even encourages her unknown replacement to practice at it.
Finally the day comes. Dressing both girls up elegantly for their shared birthday the King hides his daughter away as the time the prince is suppose to arrive draws near. Convincing the replacement to do this for her friend though she doesn't understand what they mean. Managing to convince the prince who's never seen their daughter before that this is indeed her he binds himself to her using magic to complete the agreement made so long ago before whisking her away.
Once the prince leaves and the princess becomes aware of what has happened she refuses to except it. Instead at the dead of night sneaking away. In search of a man said to know his way around the west Kingdom and who is her best chance at getting her friend back.
In the meantime once the prince returns home he soon learns he's been tricked. His father's immediately getting his scholars on the case to try and find the spell that will break the ancient binding spell. Using what little magic she has learned the replacement manages to escape, considering those that took her didn't expect her to have any magic at all. The west King sending out guards to search for her but when they fail he's forced to send his son who's known as the best tracker of the west.

Two Worlds (Dragon Fantasy) (Intended for Doubles) (An alternate version without the dragons POV could also be done to make things simpler.)
The time of dragon riders is over. Instead the dragons stay in their territory and the humans in theirs. With a dragon wreaking havoc on the kingdom a king calls for a dragon slayer. When the dragon slayer arrives he goes out with the prince to hunt down all the dragons. While just happening to catch the eye of the princess.
The dragons not knowing one of their own has gone rogue and finding one of their own dead have to make the decision of possibly going to war with the humans.
Told from the POV of dragons and humans.
Hundreds of years ago a rift was created in the dragon world escalating to the point of war. With those that opposed humans on one side and those that were fine living beside humans on the other. Luckily for the humans the later won, but not without its own share of casualties. The story centers around three of these great beasts.
One the brother of the dragon that created the rift in the first place and the war that followed. A war that saw the death of this dragon's mate and son.
The other dragon is a long time friend of the fist. Her mate was lost as well but her young child still lives. After the war and the peace that came after the two dragons who had been friends for so long did their best to comfort each other in this time. In the process having their feelings for each other grow deeper over time.
This story starts when the first dragon happens upon a baby in the woods that separate the humans from the dragons. Against his better judgment the dragon takes the child with him. Revealing the babe to his friend. Soon coming to realize her child and this baby have a bond. Making them the first human and dragon linked in centuries. The two becoming practically inseparable after and the dragon mother acting like a surrogate mother to the human child.

In the kingdom nearest to the dragon territory lives a power hungry king. Constantly wanting the kingdoms around him so starting wars with them. The last one cost him more than just some of his men though, it costed him his oldest daughter. She fell in love with the prince of the Kingdom that her father was trying to conquer. When she was found out her father chose to do something awful. As his two younger children got older he would always tell them the story of how that Kingdom had killed their sister and that had started the war that eventually led to their victory. This is the kingdom that hires the dragon slayer many years after these events.

When the prince and dragon slayer go out hunting for dragons they come across the child raised by dragons. Bringing them back to the castle. Unbeknownst to everyone bringing the only surviving child of the kingdom that the king destroyed into enemy territory.

Two Sides (Steampunk/Dystopian)
Parts of the world are in more chaos then others. In one part where our story takes place a man has been promoted and his mission is to find a location that has so far only been thought a myth. It's a mission he considers beneath him but in this land you do as you're assigned. Since none of his peers know or even believe the place exists he heads to the mines where the slaves work with his friend to see if just perhaps they might find anyone there who knows, since the slaves have been brought from all over and are there for various crimes. Since he can't be bothered to do too much searching himself he sends his friend(His lackey more or less) to search the mines more thoroughly. She comes across a girl who claims to know where the place is. (Because she has visions) When the woman moves to take the girl her brother comes to try and stop such a thing from happening but in the end just manages to convince the woman to bring him with them. That's the basis of the story. Delving deeper into the characters and the relationships I was thinking that the man and woman who are on this quest grew up in a place where they were just taught naturally to be cruel, it's all they really know. Respect your peers, but always strive for success and nothing less, also look down on those beneath you. So they both start off in that mind frame. Though the Woman has always had a crush on the Man since they were children and is more than thrilled to be his partner in this pointless expedition. It's of course after she meets the Brother that her point of view on the world starts to change and of course that she starts falling for him instead. It of course doesn't happen right off but over time he starts to make her see that there is more to life than just what she'd been taught.

Stardust Type RP (Magical Fantasy) (Can be done Singles or Doubles)
The reason I compare it to Stardust is because I picture it in a world that is divided by a wall. One side has magic and the other doesn't. The people who live on the side without know little about magic except only from stories and as such only think such things as fables.
The story I got so far goes an old King from the magical side of the wall has a premonition that his son is in danger. Him and his son had a fight years ago and his son ran away over the wall. So the King sends a woman who has a little bit of magic of her own and who's very good at tracking, over the wall to find him. It takes her a while but finally she does locate him and finds that after so many years he's joined with a family and now even has a family of his own. Finding it hard to get close to the lost prince she instead tries to get in close to the family. Starting a relationship with the Prince's brother in law under false pretenses where of course she does end up falling for him. So much so that she forgets her true mission almost entirely. That is until tragedy strikes. Secrets are revealed and a quest is undertaken but one thing is sure that nothing will ever be the same again for anyone.
So what I can easily picture so far is once the woman comes to the non-magical side and finds who she's looking for she gets to spend quite a bit of time with the prince's new family. It's obvious that he can see she's from the other side of the wall but it's not until she finally confronts him with the reason why she's there that he warns her, telling her to never speak of it again or leave. When a situation arises though that she feel she must confront him again with the reality his father had seen he tells the rest of the family not too trust her.
Not trusting her warning it isn't long before his own death and that of his wife approaches. The prince's brother in law finding it hard to trust the woman again even as she tries to talk with the family again, even going so far as to attend the funeral. Knowing enemies are still close by and likely now after the King's heirs that the prince left behind.
After much convincing it's agreed the children should travel over the wall and into the magic lands so that they might learn to better control their powers lest they hurt someone or the power of the magics inside them become too much and end up killing them.