
by Author E.H. Drake
For six years, I’ve played the part of the perfect, fragile target. I let the bullies win, hiding the terrifying reality of what I can actually do. If anyone ever found out what my power did, how it hurt my mother, I wouldn't just be an outcast, I'd be a target. But hiding is no longer an option. A gunman has locked down our high school, turning the hallways into a hunting ground. My best friend is trapped in the crosshairs. My only ally is the very bully who torments me every day. I have the raw power to tear this threat apart and save everyone, but once they see what I really am, how do I ever go back to being ordinary?
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Rank updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#2586 of 7,637 · 2536 below #50
By genre
beats 69% of similar stories
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beats 53% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
At this conversion, the Action Rising Stars bar (≈8 new followers/day) costs about 2.3k views/day — the story currently gets ~19.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.