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Penname: Dryad [ Contact]
Real name: Donna
Status: Member
Member Since: June 24, 2010
Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DryadStories/
Beta-reader:
Long time writer of Harry Potter Fanfiction, my daughter finally won her battle in making me read Twilight, and quite rightly fell in love. Numerous plot bunnies are rapidly procreating, and hopefully will bloom brilliantly in story form. Have in the past been called (in the best way possible) a nazi beta. Reading/English teacher by trade, so I come by it honestly. Don't have a team.(I'm selfish, dunno why she can't just have both!) That being said, i like AU couples, Jasper and Carlisle being favorites! Any other questions will have to be asked before I answer. Oh, and yes, I have a yahoo group where I post announcements of new stories (original, HP and Twilight Fanfic--obviously, they're all housed at different places!) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DryadStories/
Also, actively seeking a beta. The more anal, the better, and I admit to really appreciating a fast turnover. Don't need grammar as much as consistency, and sounding board (though, I really do go overboard with commas!) My current betas are only in the HP fandom, so what I'm doing now is a loss to them.
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Summary: Set two years after that fateful night in the forest except Edward never came back. Bella is away at college trying to pick up the pieces of her life. What happens when she runs into the one Cullen she never thought she could ever have anything in common with? A Team Jasper story.
Categories: New Moon, AU Characters: Jasper
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 26 Completed: No
Word count: 92438
[Report This] Published: September 12, 2009 Updated: February 28, 2010
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: August 19, 2010
Title: Chapter 11: Chapter 11
FAmous last words *laugh* nothing like tempting fate.
Summary: Edward leaves Bella alone in the woods after telling her he didn’t want her any more. As she is lying on the cold forest floor; Bella remembers three important things. Edward made a promise not to leave her, and Edward never broke a promise, and third it was her body, her heart, what right did he have to decide what was good for her? All in all Bella realizes that Edward was covering up his true feeling about her. Bella goes to bring Edward home.
Categories: New Moon, AU Characters: Alice, Aro, Bella, Caius, Carlisle, Charlie, Demetri, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Felix, Jacob, Jane, Jasper, Laurent, Marcus, Victoria
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 18 Completed: Yes
Word count: 57466
[Report This] Published: October 05, 2009 Updated: September 14, 2011
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: February 20, 2011
Title: Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Intuition
urg...that was rather evil of you...watching for more! Author's Response: Yes, it was evil of me. However, it was just how the chapter worked out.
Thanks for the review.
TaintedDarkInuShemeeko
Summary: 
Summary: Bella told Edward in Eclipse that she wasn't that girl...but what if she was?
It has been four and a half months since Edward Cullen left Bella Swan. Abandoned by friends and family, she has been left to pick up the pieces of her life alone. Desperate and with no other options, she seeks out the one man she believes can help her: Carlisle Cullen.
Set in New Moon and beyond. Characters may be a little OOC. Rated M/R for Language, Adult Concepts, and Lemons. Romance with some Angst & Humor. Canon Pairings. Edward/Bella
Categories: AU Characters: Alice, Bella, Carlisle, Charlie, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jacob, Jasper, Laurent, Rosalie, Victoria
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 46 Completed: Yes
Word count: 158902
[Report This] Published: October 07, 2009 Updated: August 01, 2011
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 09, 2010
Title: Chapter 44: Chapter 44--Showdown
awesome plot twist!
Summary:
(Banner courtesy of miki_hearts_edward_cullen. Thank you!)
His question brought Bella back down from cloud nine. She glowered at him. “Bite me.”
A slow, wicked grin etched itself on Edward’s face. “I don’t think you’d want me to,” he whispered darkly, laughing silently at the irony of her insult.
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“I know I smelled an open wound, Bella,” Alice said sternly. Behind her, Carlisle and Edward exchanged a look.
Bella scoffed slightly. “Believe me, I felt it,” she told her as she tried to stand.
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“You don’t understand,” Edward said in a deadly tone.
Bella stared at him for a moment, a bitter expression overcoming her features. “There’s something for me to understand?”
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“Fuck her!” she heard one of them call.
“Oh, I will,” the man above her answered.
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Her smile faded after a moment when she realized something. “Oh, great,” she started grumpily, “we match.”
Edward grinned lopsidedly. “Indeed, we do,” he replied.
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“You’re funny,” Edward said dryly. “I bet you wouldn’t be saying the same thing if you were the one who turned up missing.”
“Are you trying to scare me, Mr. Cullen?” Bella asked as she snapped a picture.
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"Bella, listen to me,” he tried coaxing her gently.
“No!” Bella shouted, pulling her arms out of his grip. “I never want to see you again. Stay away from me,” she said through clenched teeth, and no matter what she did, she couldn’t stop the tears from falling.
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He cupped her face with both hands while looking into her eyes. “If you don’t find me, who’s killed before, whose diet consists of blood, repulsive, how can I look at you in that way?” he asked her softly.
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"What kind of man are you?!” Bella pushed and slapped his chest as she raged. She was becoming unhinged.
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“Bella, don’t come,” her mother said weakly. “Whatever he says, don’t come—”
“No! That’s not what you’re supposed to say!” a voice exclaimed in the background.
A tear escaped Bella’s eye as she listened to her mother’s cries as he hit her.
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Edward nodded. “You’re safe now, Bella,” he told her tenderly as he softly massaged her cheek.
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It's cranky vampire Edward against angry, no shit-taking, possibly mortal Bella in the ring. Who will be the winner? Or will they both lose? Watch their journey to life full of drama, mystery, romance, and mythical creatures.
Twilight told with a strong, angry Bella, and a more controlled, bad tempered Edward. B/E, AU, canon pairings, lots of OOC
Categories: Twilight, AU Characters: Alice, Angela, Bella, Billy, Bree, Caius, Carlisle, Charlie, Demetri, Edward, Emily, Emmett, Esme, Felix, Jacob, James, Jane, Jared, Jasper, Jessica, Lauren, Laurent, Leah, Marcus, Mike, Phil, Quil, Renee, Riley, Rosalie, Sam, Tyler, Victoria
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 28 Completed: No
Word count: 221838
[Report This] Published: October 10, 2009 Updated: October 09, 2011
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: December 12, 2010
Title: Chapter 22: Lies Unraveled
sokay, kinda expected...but still, renee comes across as a total bitch. glad edward backed off and got a clue on how to actually be supportive...lets hope he continues! Author's Response: Thank you!
Summary: 
Bella is trapped in a loveless marriage with Edward Cullen - a man she hardly knows. When his father dies, Edward uproots them from their life in New York City and moves into his father's now-empty house in the heart of Colorado. Amidst the desolate, beautiful landscape Bella begins to realize that perhaps there is more to her cold, apathetic husband than she thought.
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 15 Completed: No
Word count: 41782
[Report This] Published: October 16, 2009 Updated: January 31, 2010
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: November 24, 2010
Title: Chapter 15: The Fight
Still trying to figure out what Bella had done....but the ache you created is just beyond pale. Hope you don't drop this story!
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: November 24, 2010
Title: Chapter 8: The Car
I know this feeling oh so well...that you manage to evoke the utter despair, the loss of self is phenomenal...
Summary: After their honeymoon on Isle Esme, Bella gets to spend more time being human with Edward as they travel cross-country to New Hampshire and beyond, and learn about art, love and temperature differentials. Newlyweds being newlyweds, so lemons.
![[GW.png]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-O6eTc82td4/S5pvrzKVSjI/AAAAAAAAAj8/6Cfswu_Sqvs/s1600/GW.png) art by manyafandom for the Perv Pack Smut Shack
Categories: Breaking Dawn, AU Characters: Bella
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 17 Completed: Yes
Word count: 159917
[Report This] Published: October 27, 2009 Updated: May 22, 2011
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: October 15, 2010
Title: Chapter 6: Chapter 6: NYP
the only fiction i let my husband read that i've written is children's stories...the erotica,HPfanfic and twilight fanfic?*snort* not on your life!
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: October 16, 2010
Title: Chapter 9: Chapter 9: LEB
I love the comparison to Eros and Psyche! Always loved that myth, and to have it against Bella and Edward's story...you've made me feel blind not to have connected the two before!
Summary: After the battle with the newborns, Carlisle assiduously attended the victims. But what if he inadvertently neglected the one most important to him? Short, fluffy one-shot.
Categories: Eclipse Characters: Alice, Carlisle, Esme, Jasper
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Word count: 2395
[Report This] Published: November 02, 2009 Updated: November 05, 2009
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 15, 2010
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
I liked this...you bring out a very good point. No matter how compassionate Carlisle is (or any person) he's more capable of it because of the support he has from Esme. Guess that would translate to rl too
Summary: 
Bella became a vampire 15 years ago. She has had little contact with other vampires aside from some close friends, and none that follow her diet. Things will all change when someone comes to stay for a visit. What is immortal life for if you are alone?
BellaXJasper Non Cannon Rated for later on
Categories: AU Characters: Bella, Jasper
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 4 Completed: No
Word count: 4795
[Report This] Published: November 22, 2009 Updated: November 11, 2010
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: November 11, 2010
Title: Chapter 4: Chapter 4
My condolences for your loss. But on the upside, its an excellent chapter!
Summary: 
Edward left Bella after she was almost attacked by Jasper at her birthday party. A few months later a tragic accident leave Bella all on her own. Will the return of the Cullen's be a good thing or will it just turn her world even more upside down?
Categories: New Moon Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 18 Completed: No
Word count: 34059
[Report This] Published: November 24, 2009 Updated: June 27, 2010
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: August 17, 2010
Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Being Human
“You wanted me to be human….” I said as a pained look crossed his face and I continued. “Well... watch me.”
I LOVE this line!
Summary: It’s been months since Bella Swan showed up on the doorsteps of the Cullen home resembling little more than a broken doll. It’s taken her a long time to get to this point in her life; the point where she feels safe at night, where she feels loved and accepted. But her demons aren’t far beneath the surface. What will she do when life throws yet another challenge in her path and those demons come back to haunt her in the flesh? AH, AU, OOC.
Categories: AU Characters: Bella
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 28 Completed: No
Word count: 87723
[Report This] Published: December 15, 2009 Updated: December 19, 2010
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: December 19, 2010
Title: Chapter 28: Taken
Hard to read...but in the good way.Definitely makes me afraid for her...
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 21, 2010
Title: Chapter 26: Green Eyed Monster
edward asked for it....
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 21, 2010
Title: Chapter 27: The Other Guy
AWesome, Bella isn't utterly insane. Edward totally deserved to get his head bashed in for his nasty comments about Bella, and can't wait to see how the whole thing just blows up...please don't take long!
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: December 12, 2010
Title: Chapter 27: The Other Guy
had reread this chapter...and was thinking what a spot on insight into Emmett's character....i think you're right, as that is just what he does for Rosealie, and it's what grounds him...it also explains his relationship with Bella (in canon) wish you'd up and updated already though!
Summary:
The story begins six months after Edward left Bella in the forest, but unfortunately things have taken a darker turn than our beloved SM wrote. This is the tale of how Edward and Bella eventually find their way back to each other, although it is a difficult road traveled. There will not be any reference to the events in Eclipse or BD.
Categories: New Moon, AU Characters: Alice, Bella, Carlisle, Charlie, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jacob, Jasper, Mike, Rosalie, Victoria
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 39 Completed: Yes
Word count: 94579
[Report This] Published: January 06, 2010 Updated: July 11, 2010
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 13, 2010
Title: Chapter 32: Chapter 32
creepy.
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 12, 2010
Title: Chapter 24: Chapter 24
hope its not angela!
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 12, 2010
Title: Chapter 10: Chapter 10
I like victoria's backstory...its easy to just dismiss her as the evil one, but the backstory helps!
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 12, 2010
Title: Chapter 8: Chapter 8
as a reader, that's really sad...as a writer? needed to happen to move the story forward:)
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 12, 2010
Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3
you've portrayed her insanity so well!
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 12, 2010
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Fantastic premise...looking forward to the rest:)
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: September 13, 2010
Title: Chapter 39: Chapter 39
woot! now off to read the sequel!
Summary:  The sequel to A Light in the Darkness. Basking follows Carlisle and Bella as they begin their lives as husband and wife. What awaits them in their new life?
Categories: Post-Eclipse, AU Characters: Carlisle
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 46 Completed: No
Word count: 189280
[Report This] Published: January 10, 2010 Updated: January 05, 2011
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: December 26, 2010
Title: Chapter 45: Chapter 45: The Aftermath
okay, i love it. Love how Alice's habit of relying on her visions bit her in the ass, love that you 'saved' jasper (sorry, got a soft spot for him)even if lily is a bit 'deus ex machina'...and like how you took carlisle's loss of mate, and rather shoved it in Marcus' face. be interesting to see him find a new one.:) in all cases, woohoo!
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: November 18, 2010
Title: Chapter 40: Chapter 40 - Discoveries
*fans herself*...can I have a turn now please?? Whew!
and...am I the only one who noticed that you named the twins after Hannah Montana's best friends? Have to wonder if that was a quirky on purpose, or totally wild fluke! Author's Response: LOL, No, you are not the only one that noticed. My kids aren't old enough for Hannah Montana, though, so I had no idea, oddly enough!
Reviewer: Dryad Signed
Date: October 27, 2010
Title: Chapter 38: Chapter 38: Adjustments
not exactly mean....but definitely evil! Can't wait for more!
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