A Holiday for Lawndale's Wilderness Adventure Club

Happy Mountain Day, mountain climbers! Ms. Li will probably schedule a mandatory field trip for this one, but if we're lucky we won't have to see Mr. O'Neill's underwear this time.

Now, how would you like a gigantic monster fanfic update? You wouldn't? Well, too bad!

• The 26th of December in Lawndale, by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Outside the snow was blowing in the wind, the streets were covered in rock salt and sand to keep the ice away, and both indoors and out there were decorations about. But that is not our story, oh no sir assuredly no, our story begins deep under the streets of Lawndale."


• The Alchemist (Scenes that should be: Polite Requests), by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "Jodie Landon looked at the changes she needed to make for next year. She hated to screw with the team's chemistry but from what she had heard in the locker room, they didn't have much chemistry anyway."


• Bedside Reading (Daria and the Gang Thread), by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "'We have a Defcon 2 event, which necessitates breaking our truce,' Daria said. 'Read this.' Daria thrust a few pages forward. 'What? A book?' 'Not just any book,' Daria said. 'It's called, "The Things I Learned as a Hippie and How They Helped My Marriage".'"


• BFFCA, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Helen stopped the car in the parking lot behind the massive gray building. 'Come on, mom,' Daria moaned. 'This is a really stupid idea.' Helen took another look at the flyer that hey had been given at the mall. 'Doesn't look like it to me, Daria. I think you could meet some really interesting people here....'"


• Blood in the Education Waters (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "'Janet, you can't keep putting Mr Ruttheimer in the closet,' said Li. 'He'll just get used to it. You need to---'" (Part 2)


• The Bung Hole (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Smijey (COMPLETE!): "Butt-Head was moseying down the sidewalk absent his usual compadre Beavis when he spied a car idling in front of Schloss Head. He looked into the passenger side window to see who was inside, and what they were doing at his house."


• Coming Home, by El-Dorobo (COMPLETE!): "'It's Sammy.' The redhead said wiping at tears that sprung from her eyes. Her makeup was ruined but the younger girl didn't seem to care. 'What?' Daria said. Jane felt alarms going off in her head as Daria went into what could only be described as pre-panic mode." (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8) (Part 9)


• Communion Time (IC: The Cult of Misery), by Aloysius (COMPLETE!): "Jane looked at the people lined up to drink of the wine goblet and found herself wondering just how all of this really started. Daria had been evasive, and simply said, 'Trust me.' And, true, so far it was a very cushy deal, as long as she didn't mind two hours of work each week."


• Copper (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by LongSnakeMoan (COMPLETE!): "That night at The Zon had become the defining moment in Jesse's life. Ever since he'd stared at the stage and then tasted her blood the memory, the smell and the flavour had driven him mad."


• Creativity (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "While Daria sat in front of her blank computer screen, and Jane stood in front of a blank canvas with drying paints, and Trent sat on his bed with his guitar in his hands but otherwise motionless, Timothy O'Neill sat on the floor of his apartment with flash cards strung out in front of him, Janet Barch was only half-heartedly beating up Charles Ruttheimer III, and Claire Defoe had given up trying to think of a creative excuse to get away from her roommates, The Lawndale Lions were listless after giving up their attempts at making new plays, the Cheerleaders were laying on the grass on the football field with their eyes vacant as they stared at the empty sky."



• The Cynicpuff Girls, by Shiva (part 1): "The evil supervillain, Li Jojo, laughed in her lunacy, her oversized brain protected by an equally oversized glass case. Even though she had been mutated by Professor M's experiments and was now a sentient simian with Triple D brains and boobs, she had ambitions bigger than that. For today, she would fufill her dream of destroying Lawnsdalesville and take over the world."


• Daria & Son 3: Freakin' Friends Redux, by Erin M. (COMPLETE!): "MINISTER: And now, we will have a few words from Mark Davenport, Nicholas's good friend. Mark looks up, collects the index cards, and steps up to the podium. He opens his mouth, but closes it again. He shuffles the index cards, then frowns, and sets them aside. MARK: I had some thoughts written down, but the fact is... I can't do this." (Part 5


• Daria the Baller, by Sofa King (parts 1 - 8): "SLAM! Daria Morgendorffer launches the doors to the locker room apart with both hands, slamming them against the walls as she storms in. 'What the fuck was that?' Jane Lane, her best friend since high school, and backcourt mate, peers up from underneath a towel. 'I had an off night.'" (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8)


• Diamonds and Rust, by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "'Hey, you've reached Daria Sloane. You know what to do.'"


• Double Jeopardy (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Smijey (COMPLETE!): "The junior English class sat in anticipation, waiting for the new teacher that had been assigned to them. Ken 'Rapetastic' Edwards had been given the boot (for good reason), and it remained to be seen who else Ms. Li could dredge up to teach them."


• Dylan, by J-D (parts 12 and 13): "'You should take Kris with you', Dylan said. 'He's a great camper.' As Kris glared at Dylan, their father said, 'This is a family activity! We're all going!'" (Part 12b) (Part 13)


• Fielding Elite Wrestling Association, by Roentgen: "Ms. Merritt: I want to inform our audience that the infamous Mr. CMB has seen this amazing video of the Evie Morgendorffer/Quinn Morgendorffer match over at LFC and we wanted to know to find out the opinion of a master of ring mayhem. Ladies and gentlemen, please rattle your jewelry for Mr. CMB!!"


• The First Day (I.C.: Cubicled (a.k.a. Daria meets Dilbert)), by JPAGC (COMPLETE!): "An office in Dilbert's company. The Pointy Haired Boss (PHB) is assigning work to new intern Daria. Daria: So you want me to translate this? PHB: Yes. Is there a problem?"


• First Scream, and then Read, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Suddenly, the PA buzzed to life, and Ms. Li's voice quickly announced: 'Attention students! There has been a bomb threat! This is no drill! Everybody, please come outside with all your pockets turned out and your hands where they SWAT team can see them!'"


• A Fistful of Scarletts, by Aloysius (COMPLETE!): "The teenaged Scarlett LeFaye looked around and smiled. 'I'm home,' she said. 'Did you doubt I'd get you here?' Scarlett Morgan said. 'The truth be told, I thought that I was going to be sold to a white slavery ring,' the redheaded teen said. A few of the other Scarletts nodded in agreement." (Part 7)


• Flood Control (My Annual Thanksgiving Fanfic Release - 2012!), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "'Ms. Morgendorffer! Ms. Lane! Can I have a word, please?' The sudden flush of anger at the sight of the willowy fashion plate of a woman, a camera crew in her wake that approached the two in the manner of a pack of hungry dingoes, disappeared from Daria's face as Jane tapped her on the shoulder. "


• Freewheelin', by peetz5050 (parts 1 - 12): "Daria turned the chair and made her way up the approach to the big double doors. There were three steps which she could have managed in a pinch as they were quite wide but instead she headed to the left and the new ramp which had only been finished over the weekend and was the reason why she had missed the start of term." (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8) (Part 9) (Part 10) (Part 11) (Part 12)


• Girl of 16, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Helen sighed. Another attempt to get closer to her daughter had failed, as many had before. Sometimes, Helen just wanted to sit and cry over her failure. What had she done wrong?" (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7)


• Glasses and Lipstick (chapter 2), by oni (parts 1 - 3): "She followed the sound of crying all the way to the top of the second story in their house. At the top she found her sister Quinn sitting against the window while she was curled up and crying. Daria herself was in a weak emotional state, but as she gently sat on the ground in front of Quinn, she tried to be the strong one." (Part 2) (Part 3)


• Home For The Holidays (My Annual Thanksgiving Fanfic Release - 2012!), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "The volume of his oldest child's voice as she responded was louder than Jake could ever remember. 'Dad – what are you talking about?' 'We're splitting up."



• Irony, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "'Daria!' shouted Helen from the living room. 'There's some mail here for you!'"


• It Felt Like a Kiss, by LongSnakeMoan (COMPLETE!): "'Do you want me to leave?' Nathan whispered as he wound strands of her hair round his fingers. 'If you decide this ain't for you then I'll go. But if I go I can't see you again Jane, I'm an all or nothing kinda guy. So if you choose to end it then that's it, no staying friends, no keeping in touch. It's done, over. Forever.'"


• Jane Morgendorffer 2: The Middle School Years, by LadieTAG (part 7): "Over the next several days, Daria seemed to cling to Trent more than usual. Trent stayed out of school for two days while he dealt with Daniel's passing. Jake stayed home as well and was glad when Trent would come out of his room to talk to him."


• A Lament for a Lack of Deac (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Jane and Daria sat on the couch in the Lane's living room, ignoring the broken TV, staring at the carpet instead. Jane sighed. Daria sighed."


• Lawndale and Sandi Griffin's Genie (Chapter 8), by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 5): "In Howard Drive, Daria and Stacy saw the distant mountain of food change color. 'Daria, look.' Daria looked. 'Looks like someone wished it different,' she commented. 'Then that means that Jane, Tom and Tananda could find it?' 'That's likelier than otherwise, Stacy. Many other people in Lawndale would also be looking for it, for good or for ill.'"


• Lawndale's Weapon of Choice, by Aloysius (COMPLETE!): "Mr. DeMartino walked into his history classroom and looked over each and every student, each gaze lasting more than a minute. In fact, the students squirmed as their turn came, because it seemed that he peered into their own souls. It was frightening."


• Life is Like T-Rex, by -sam (parts 3 - 8): "The next day I was sitting at my desk in the Auror's Office when my boss, Gawain Robards walked up. 'Potter!' he snapped. 'There's been another Sergius Mansfield sighting.' Mansfield was a very low-level Death Eater during the war, who in the years after attempted to keep up the fight." (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8)


• Little Girl Found (My Annual Thanksgiving Fanfic Release - 2012!), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "As she stood before a full-length mirror, Fran Lawrence ran her fingers over her face, the undamaged skin that was once torn and lined with scar tissue – damage that would never vanish from her own mind's eye, despite the healing effect of Julia Carlyle's powers."


• Luna and the Moose (MLP), by Erin M. (part 4): "Luna quirked her eyebrow again and slowly walked over to Star Cluster. Behind her, Black Diamond and Night Audit pointedly looked in other directions. Star Cluster slowly lowered herself to the floor, the magical tether still looped around her body. Luna looked down at her. It wasn't a glare, but the effect was the same. When the Night Princess spoke, it was softly, but with a hard audible edge. 'You lost the moose.'"


• The Mageborn Cynic, by peetz5050 (part 16): "Helena's mind was troubled. The war itself was of little consequence but the recent revelations of treason in the Empire had unseated many of the 'old guard' in the court and she, although trusted by the Crown, was considered to be an upstart and troublemaker and she was beset on all sides by enemies she did not know. She had to tread a narrow path between accepting all offers of friendship at face value and all the while trusting no one but herself."


• The Meaning of Bonfire Night, by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "They found him slumped in the corner of McGrundy's, drooling a mix of beer and drool, the odd “bollocks” escaping from his lips (along with drool). This wouldn't be notable except it was midday."



• Michele L vr. Michelle O (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "On the day that Michele Landon met that beast, nay that filthy MONSTER, Barack Hussein Obama, at the National Prayer Breakfast, her incoherent Neo-Conservative Tea Party rage against that Commie Socialist took an unusual form."


• Mothers Love (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by thatLONERchick (COMPLETE!): "Helen stood at the sink, washing the blood from her hands in the darkness. Around her, the house was silent. She had only done her duty as a mother. Nothing more. She was not wrong here."


• Namesake (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "Quinn pulled up the zipper at the back of Daria's dress. Then she caught the long auburn hair and settled it back over her shoulders. 'There!' She exclaimed. 'It's perfect! Now we need to brush your hair.'"


• Nathan: The Truth Revealed (Scenes that should be: Polite Requests), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "'I made you cry. I hate myself for making you cry. I went way over the top baby and I hate myself for that too. But if you leave me--'"


• The New Batman/Scooby Doo Adventures, by peapotmaster (part 2): "We see Batman wrapped up in chains at Joker's hideout, as he wakes up. He turns to see Joker/Anubis sitting on a throne, as Harley is dressed like an Egyptian slave girl."


• A New Set of Rules, by Dennis (part 25): "The combination of the good weather, the pleasant setting, and the interesting novel so engrossed her that she didn't notice the new shadow falling over her. 'Hey, Daria,' a diffident voice said. 'Fancy seeing you here.'"


• New Town, by El-Dorobo (parts 1 - 5): "'Don't open your eyes Quinn.' She heard her sister's voice, she couldn't remember it ever sounding so full of emotion before. She realized that Daria had to be laying on top of her. Something told her to trust her sister, she kept her eyes closed." (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5)


• No Esteem (IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped), by Charles RB (part 6): "It was two days of constant, low-grade torment and snickering and spitballs and lewd graffiti and hard shoves and stolen work before it escalated to blood. She was washing her hands in the bathroom when the group came in. She recognised some of them, couldn't put a name to their faces except for Sandi; Sandi was smiling triumphantly."


• No-Scene Left Behind, by CDM (COMPLETE!): "QUINN: That's the problem with getting back in the game, you know? You spend so much time knowing you're wasting time, but there's so much busy-work to keep you busy! Alphabetizing your nail polish, cataloging in excruciating detail five hundred tapes worth of movies, you can't help but procastronate!" (Part 2) (Part 3)


• The One in Which Sandi Discovers that Harry Potter is Real and that Andrea Doesn't Like Muggles (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Once everyone was gathered, wearing matching black robes and pointed hats and scarves of various colors, Andrea smiled quite wickedly and said, 'Good evening my fellow scar-heads, I hereby call this meeting to order!'"


• One Way Out, Two Painful Actions (Iron Chef: Victim Daria), by midnightsinger (COMPLETE!): "Soul aching pain. The pain, the pain of being held down as you are ripped open."


• Operation Glitterberries, by BF110C4 (part 10.4 - 11.1): "Melody had found an old, judging from the smell at least ten years, white t-shirt and a discolored red running shorts, that along some garish sunglasses big enough to wear over her own large glasses were the extent of the available props for her disguise but that wasn't going to be nearly enough to conceal her from an organized manhunt." (Part 11.1)


• Quinn's Code 07: The Grounded Geek, by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (parts 2 and 3): "'Oh, If Mom just wants to ground me for being late two nights in a row, she should just ground me! Not institute some experimental "Family Court"!' 'Family Court?' Kristen asked, curious. 'Exactly what it sounds like,' Quinn said." (Part 3)


• RA Holiday Special : The Holidays are just Crazy!, by DIsaac (parts 1 - 5): "KEVIN: You suck! You suck! You suck! (Daria walks over and gives Kevin a hug) DARIA: Watching your team? KEVIN: Yeah, they suck!" (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5)


• Rebuilt, by El-Dorobo (COMPLETE!): "'Mrs. Morgendorffer, you seem to be in much higher spirits today.' Helen nodded happily at the psychiatrist. 'Something you want to share?' He pushed gently. 'Daria got back a memory of her and I shopping.' Helen knew she must look amusing with the way she was smiling so widely." (Part 7)


• A Resentful Cynic Ch.5, by ST91 (COMPLETE!): "Daria returned home happy. Her search had been successful, the proof was the two films she had in her backpack. Tonight we'll have a lot of fun, she thought as she opened the door. However, her smile turned into a grimace when she saw that the four members of the fashion club were again in her house." (Part 6)


• Rude Awakening Ep 11: Sucks To Be Them!, by DIsaac (COMPLETE!): "STACY: (fastly and nervously) DANIELLA MORENO! Is "Free Pizza" the only goddamn thing you are thinking of when we have a goddamn psycho at the door? DANI: I'm scared, and that's making me hungry! I don't what to do here... Wait, how do you know it's a psycho? BRITTANY: (Voice only) TEDDY! Where the hell are you? STACY: SEE! I know these things." (Part 11)


• Savin' the School (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "The Secretary of Education turns from the Highland High statistics, his eyes hooded SECRETARY: We've got work to do. What do you need from me?"


• Screaming into the Silence (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by thatLONERchick (COMPLETE!): "She screamed and screamed, but the world didn't hear her, the girl wrote."


• The Sexy Evil Lesbian Council and a Yenta (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Daria: 'Say Jane?' Jane: 'Yeah Daria?' Daria: 'You know that book I've been reading, the pulp fiction one about the Sexy Evil Lesbian Council?' Jane: 'Yeah?' Daria: 'I think we need a group like that in Lawndale.'"


• She's a Bad Bad Griffin, by The Angst Guy (COMPLETE!): "I know what she is, no doubt about it—She's a bad bad Griff-in"


• Sonoma Coma, by jtranser (part 3): "Daydreams of glittering orange tinsel were picked up and carried by the wind to the Land of the Gone Forever. Then her eyes opened to the usual grey murk of initial waking existence searching for the familiar blurred shape of her glasses. After the first few seconds of fumbling, yet another search and retrieval mission was successfully completed as the earpieces firmly clamped into place over her ears and the blurred nebulous shapes scattered about her room reacquired their normal boring clarity."


• Stacy Morgendorffer (IC: Stacy Morgendorffer), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "'Just do it! Come on! Knock you stupid... ' She raised her hand for the third time and tentatively knocked on the door. She was about to turn tail and run back downstairs when a voice from inside said. 'You have reached the gates of hell, if your sins are minor take a ticket and wait until your number is called, if major set fire to yourself right now to save time, if you're a lawyer come right in.' After a few seconds that seemed like days the voice said. 'Come in Stacy.'"


• ST: A Tale of Temporal Gifting (Non-Daria), by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (parts 2 and 3): "The lunch crowd had left Ten Forward. But Guinan noticed that one person had stayed, and was now staring out of the window at the warp streaks. She walked over to the person. 'Difficult, isn't it. Being out of your own time, not knowing if you will be able to return to the same future that you had left?' she asked." (Part 3)


• Stupidity Walks Among a Field of Sarcasm, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Beavis laughed. 'MMMMMHEH. Oh yeah. Diarrhea! Cha! Cha! Diarrhea cha cha cha!' Daria paled. The other kindergartners began to stare. 'Both of you shut up.'"


• Substitutes (My Annual Thanksgiving Fanfic Release - 2012!), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "'Whoa. How the hell did you guys manage – that?'"


• Suped Up, by El-Dorobo (parts 1 - 10): "Jane Lane watched her friend as she stood, bent over the microscope before straightening up and groaning. 'Well, did it work?' She asked quickly. The makeshift laboratory area they were standing in was a sharp contrast to the rest of the dingy room it was in." (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8) (Part 9) (Part 10)


• Swim, by El-Dorobo (COMPLETE!): "Quinn screamed as water started coming in around the edges of the door. 'Enough, Quinn stop screaming.' Helen restrained the urge to slap her youngest daughter."


• The Tales of Lawni Nui, by PrecambrianStudios (part 1): " Zali nodded. She brought the horn up to her mask. A low, reverberating sound pierced the forest. The Shadow-Toa were suddenly alert and tensed. Arrows flew out from the brush and rained down upon them. The Shadow-Toa brought up their shields to protect themselves. Dressar raised his knife into the air. 'Attack!' he roared. "


• TDJS Ch.3 Kung-fu party, by ST91 (part 8): "Dario and Jane ran out from the making-out room and descended the stairs, once they arrive in the living room they saw the absolute chaos in front of them. The room was a mess and several guys were fighting with each other."



• This is How It Starts (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Vukodlak (COMPLETE!): "It was just another day at the mall for Sandi, shopping, manicure and picking up cute boys."


• The Three Amigas (IC: Stacy Never Joins the Fashion Club), by LadieTAG (part 3): "After passing the exit exam and convincing Mr. O'Neill that an assembly could potentially damage all the hard work that he had done, the three girls headed to Pizza King to celebrate their victory. The next day, Daria and Jane sat down for lunch. Stacy arrived a few minutes later and joined them."


• To Annoy a Mockingbird. Chapter 6, by BF110C4 (part 4): "Daria, Quinn, Jake, and Helen were sitting on the kitchen table, with the semi frozen lasagna steaming from having its outsides heated while keeping the solid ice center. '...so then Ms. Li admits they're doing this to pay for new bulletproof skylights. The whole thing's enough to turn your stomach. Which I guess is good if you want to be a model; eases the transition to bulimia.'"


• Tommy Sherman: The Truth Revealed, by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "'"Listen, they're putting me up at the Lawndale Manor,' sleazed Tommy, getting far too close to Angie. 'Why don't we head back there, order you some champagne, get horizontal, and you can find out just how big a hero--'"


• Toxic, by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "Trent woke up with a pounding headache. He couldn't quite place where he was last night; or even where he currently was. His vision was a haze which blended in with the low pitch humming in his ears. He realized that he was sitting on a dusty floor with his back to a wall. Standing up proved to be a difficult task. He tired to focus his eyes on the room when he found his situation a bit more dire. His left hand was handcuffed to a rusty and neglected radiator."


• Tum's Nite at Diarrhea's (Iron Chef: Crayons Galore), by GlitterShrooms (COMPLETE!): "Once upon a tyme, there was totally a girl named Diarrhea's and she like had totally like this Hottie McHottie named Tam. He's was so fine, and he had like pools of cash, and he was a snarky bastard. Everything was fine in the world. And he also had a huge you*know*whats* it. Do I like have to totally spell it out for all you stupid prepz?"


• Undying Love part 2, by BrownEyedBagel (part 1): "Of all the things Jodie wanted to do; being unarmed for a knife fight had to rank among the things she wanted to avoid. Add the fact that this time Stacy had arrived with a weapon with an obvious enchantment and she had an ordeal that compared to the few hours wasted at Grove Hills."



• Unnamed story (Another bit on my Addams crossover), by Ranger Thorne (parts 1 - 3): "As Jane approached the school, the usual mental cursing was cut short as she noticed the long black car pull into the curved drive at the front of Lawndale High. The driver was exposed to the weather, while the passengers were covered by a cloth top, which was also black. Is that a Packard? she asked herself. As she approached, however, all thought about the car faded." (Part 2) (Part 3)


• Unnamed story (I.C.: Cubicled (a.k.a. Daria meets Dilbert)), by Aruphonse: "The pointy-haired Boss presented the bespectacled teenager to the rest of the staff. 'This is Daria, she's the daughter of an old acquaintance from college. Apparently she's not too good relating to people and her parents think that having some experience in our workplace could help her to develop better social skills.'" (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4)


• Unnamed story (IC: Disabled Daria), by RX-87 (COMPLETE!): "The motors in her elbows whirred as she pumped her arms. She felt the wind against the metal and polymer. Still nowhere near the sensations the old ones had but it was still amazing how real it felt. But Daria wasn't thinking about that. Everything disappeared as she concentrated on the finish line."


• Unnamed story (IC: Lyrical Endings), by Jim North (COMPLETE!): "'Daria?' Daria started in surprise and turned around to see that face coming out of the crowd. That face that she hadn't seen for at least a few years and had only just become accustomed to no longer seeing. That face that slashed razor sharp at her heart."


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Crayons Galore), by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Darea went throoh the portal behind the Japanese restuarant and ended up in california land of surfers and dummies. So she went to have a pizza and then went to the bathroom, and it felt good. after she went she and got a soda. then she went surfing because it was california."


• Unnamed story (Iron chef: Jane in self-esteem class), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "Jane picked it up and looked at it, feeling the weight of it, considering. 'AGAIN!' She thought. 'No discussion or anything those... they just put my name down again like it's supposed to be there, like that's where I belong... Damn Li! Damn O'Neill! Damn Manson! Damn Self-Esteem Class and damn me for being such a damn fool!'"


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Throughout The Ages), by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "'Our next movie is called "Cloud Atlas," a movie by the directors of the Matrix trilogy. It follows several interconnected stories across time, as different people are reincarnated into different lives. The premise of this movie I found even more absurd than men all wearing tacky suits flying around like they were in a Wu-Tang movie....'"


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Throughout The Ages), by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "'All right, kiddo,' Manius cried. 'You still can't beat your old man!' Manius and his son, Quartus Fabianus, wrestled in the sand pit outside their villa. They each had the other's hands, left hand grabbing left, right hand grabbing right. Manius attempted to force Quartus to the ground with his superior weight...."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "Despite being in considerable pain; Tom stripped off the blood soaked clothes and loaded the washing machine. To say that things got out of hand would be an understatement."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "With a heavy sigh Jane picks up the phone and makes the call that she had put off all week."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "With his back against the wall he took note of exactly how blood thirsty his opponents truly were. The only ways out of this mess were either in a body bag or to give it his all."



• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "Alison:' Hey Jane...look I'm sorry about coming on to you like that the other night....'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "Tom:' Seriously though; how come no one has come up with a slash fic about us?'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "'Hey, Mister D?' asked Kevin. 'If you think you can't teach us and you are a teacher... doesn't that make you a loser?'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "Daria pressed the button to accept the call. 'Hi Mom, what's up?'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "Quinn answered the knock on the front door. Two suited men stood outside. One said 'Daria Morgendorffer?' Quinn shook her head and turned away, she yelled 'Daria! Some people for you wearing cheap polyester suits!'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "'Jaaaaneeee Iiiii kisssssed hiiimmmm,' Tiffany drawled to that weird girls friend, 'Iiiii kissssed Toooom, Iiiii'mmmm soooo soooooryyyyy.'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "As Ken Edwards moaned and cried in unspeakable agony, cluching his private area as he lay on the ground."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Daria felt herself being drawn from her deep sleep in the middle of the night, she opened a blurry eye while clearing her throat a bit and realized that Jane was slipping back under the covers."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Quinn rolled over, coming to with a groan. She blinked, trying to move her arms without much success. She looked down. 'Why am I wearing a straitjacket?' she asked."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Danielle Todds swore as one crimson dot became three, then six."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Jane was getting an equal amount of amusement and exasperation at the mint green unicorn (name of Lyra, she'd learned) who continued to follow her and Daria around and bombard them with questions about what it was like being human."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "'Bored.'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Contrary to most people's beliefs, there was a place beyond oblivion, beyond what one would normally conceive of as the 'End of Existence', the 'Great Chaos Beyond'." (Part 2)


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Jane munched the slice of pizza thoughtfully. 'So, yeah. Just another easy day in engineering.' Daria only smirked, even as something behind her exploded and a crewman ran past, screaming and on fire."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Sofa King (COMPLETE!): "Stacy darts across the room, barely picking up the phone before it activates her answering machine. 'Hello'"



• Unnamed story (Scenes that should be: Polite Requests), by Ranger Thorne (COMPLETE!): "Jane knew it was probably just her imagination, but it seemed the heart monitor was running slower than it had been the day before. She's thought the same yesterday as well, so, yeah, imagination. But Daria's pale face and the slight blue tinge on her lips were not."


• Unnamed story (Scenes that should be: Polite Requests), by Sofa King (COMPLETE!): "Mack gets his lunch plated for him in the serving line, and is on his way to his table, when he passes by Daria and Jane, in the midst of what appears to be a heated discussion...." (Part 2)


• Unnamed story (World's Medium-Sized Crossover), by Wraith (COMPLETE!): "A figure lay resting, half in the shade under a tree. From the clothing and the sword resting on the ground, a samurai."


• Veronica's Story : The Highland Years, by ST91 (part 1): "'Helen! You've waited upfor me!' he said quite loudly. 'Shhhhhh. Veronica is sleeping.' she said in a low voice indicating with an alarmed air the cot / crib where the two-year-old baby was sleeping."


• Vivian, by ST91 (part 7): "When Brittany came home she was very happy to not see her mother there. Unfortunately, her happiness vanished when she heard what had happened. 'She'll sue us!' she cried, shocked."


• We Are One, by PrecambrianStudios (parts 1 - 8.5): "Quinn pushed herself, and Daria, out of the car. They stood up and observed the reactions of the students. It wasn't too bad. One girl with brown hair screamed and pointed. A few others fainted. Everyone else couldn't stop staring." (Part 2) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 4.5) (Part 5) (Part 5.2) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 7.5) (Part 7.75) (Part 8) (Part 8.5)


• We Don't Talk About It (Iron Chef: Fresh takes on Veronica Morgendorffer), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "'Well Quinn, what are you going to do? You won't even acknowledge me as your sister, what are you going to tell Little Miss Snotty and her ass-lickers when Ronnie comes to live here?' 'Gawd, Daria! You just have no clue what it takes to be popular!' Quinn whined. 'I'll think of something, OK?'"


• We Only Hurt the Ones We Love, by deneich (part 14): "'Damn Morgendorffer, You look like you'd just lost your best friend...' Jane began as she pushed herself away from the wall. '...but, as you can see, reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. So cheer up and let's head to lunch, I've got quite a story to tell.'"


• What's on Your Mind? (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "Daria was typing away at her computer when Jane came in. 'Hey Jane, what's another word for "Throbbing", I've used it earlier in this chapter?'"



• Whoops!, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Daria crouched next to the box. 'Dammit Lane. You have me hooked.' She peered inside. The first object was a baseball bat. Long, metal, and very rusty. A pair of nunchuks sat at the bottom, partially obscured from view by a boxing glove. And a silenced Beretta pistol. Daria's breath caught. 'Where did you get that?' She peered at it in curiosity."


• Why We Fight (My Annual Thanksgiving Fanfic Release - 2012!), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "'Paula, it's so good... and it's good for you-' 'I love you to death, Sammi-bear, but you will not bring a – a - durian-'"


• Worldhopper (Chapter 4), by Erin M. (part 4): "'You're... me.' Daria said, trying to comprehend what she was seeing. 'It looks like it,' Killjoy replied. 'But you can call me "Killjoy." I've more or less been using that name since I escaped.'"


• Worldhopper: Ring Shadow, by RLobinske (parts 2 - 4): "A day later, Richard was seated at the workstation in his lab. Grimly, he highlighted a red line on the sensor monitor to bring up detailed data on the divergent reality. 'Universe D-1112. Okay, Apocalypse, you've chosen your ground.'" (Part 3) (Part 4)