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Joined 07-24-17, id: 9512339, Profile Updated: 07-01-19
Author has written 1 story for Cars.

hey dudes, Mel here. I wouldn’t call myself a writer, but I’ve started to enjoy dappling in the world of fanfic! I’m an over-involved high school student, so I’m really bad at updating my stuff :)

I’m sort of all over the place:

I participate in lacrosse, track, and field hockey

I play the sax, clarinet, piano, ukulele, and I sing

I love music more than anything in the world! I’m really into Queen, the Beatles, Elton John, and a lot of other classic rock bands (I’m seeing Queen this summer and I’m PUMPED)

I’ve always been an artistic person (but don’t have any time to persue, sadly) but may make some time to draw some story art

I’ve recently gotten into photography

I love the Cars series! I was only 4 when the first movie came out, but I’ve loved it all ever since! I will probably only write Cars fics on here

You can find me on Instagram at the same @

I hope you guys enjoy my stories!! :))

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When Lightning Strikes by L0necl0ud reviews
When Lightning Strikes, it makes its mark, sometimes a whole town torn down by flames and rebuilt again. This kid, abandoned at the doors of a clinic in a small town called Radiator Springs is about to be their lightning, bringing a new age to the old inhabitants, and, in time, reopening their hearts not only to him but soon to the whole world outside of their town called home.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 14,463 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 9 - Updated: 22h - Published: 8/15 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning, Sheriff
Tangled Trail by Adventurelife reviews
Lightning McQueen isn't all that he seems. He's got his secrets like the rest. But what kind of secrets is the rookie hiding? Some of them might shock everyone...It will change everything for some people.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery/Family - Chapters: 15 - Words: 21,083 - Reviews: 43 - Favs: 28 - Follows: 34 - Updated: 8/24 - Published: 7/23/2018 - Lightning, The King, The Queen, Cal W.
Hard Enough Left by NurfHurdur reviews
-You'll find yourself turning right. The rise and fall of The Fabulous Hudson Hornet. Humanized.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 67 - Words: 179,363 - Reviews: 171 - Favs: 27 - Follows: 17 - Updated: 7/31 - Published: 7/31/2017 - Complete
Fact Versus Feeling by Benny The Crazed Cartoonist reviews
Missing scene from Cars 2; Sarge suspects Allinol isn't what Axelrod has made it out to be, and Fillmore proves useful in helping to confirm a theory. Explores the night they switch out McQueen's Allinol with Fillmore's own brew.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,084 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 1 - Published: 7/17 - Fillmore, Sarge - Complete
Like father, Like son by lolbit reviews
(ON HAITUS) Doc finds a young boy abandoned in the middle of a destroyed town. From the rise and fall of major events, broken hearts, and past wounds, Doc will be raising a racing legend who will rock the racing world. Rated T for violence in future chapters/ brutal graphic violence! Humanized
Cars - Rated: T - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 23 - Words: 30,927 - Reviews: 67 - Favs: 52 - Follows: 54 - Updated: 7/15 - Published: 8/17/2017 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning
Dividing and Conquering by PixarKatze reviews
Before he was a world-famous Piston Cup racer, the car we know as Lightning McQueen lived a very ordinary if not boring life. But everything changes one day when a family member Lightning didn't know existed shows up at his front door. From there, his life is about to be completely rewritten. But the journey forward will be filled with divisions and sacrifices.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 5 - Words: 18,833 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 8 - Updated: 6/4 - Published: 10/6/2018
Clues to the puzzle by turtleemojis
Sometimes, falling in love happens at a party. Or : the SalQueen college AU that no one asked for. Posted originally on Archive Of Our Own.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,611 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Published: 6/3 - Lightning, Sally, Bobby S. - Complete
He'd Grown Up Just Like Me by HooleQuinn reviews
A Cars 3 story, going through the events of the film as if Doc were alive. Most of it will be told from his perspective, focusing on his reactions. Rating for mild swearing in a couple chapters. Chapter 12 - Doc is introduced to Fabulous Lightning
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 12 - Words: 13,170 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 13 - Updated: 1/19 - Published: 12/30/2018 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning, Cruz R., Smokey - Complete
I Would Give Anything to Talk to Him Right Now by HooleQuinn reviews
The last thing Lightning remembered was hitting the pavement, then everything went black. Alludes to the concept of a afterlife & Higher Power in the Cars universe in which Lightning reunites with an old friend. Set right after Lightning's crash in Cars 3. One shot.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 995 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 7 - Published: 12/10/2018 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning - Complete
last race by goldendiie reviews
Ghosts aren't real, and Doc Hudson is dead.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 704 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 2 - Published: 10/30/2018
Evolution by the-kings-tail-fin reviews
Oneshot - Lightning's performance takes a nose dive after Doc's death. Something has to change if he's to continue being successful, and he knows it's him. That doesn't make it any easier.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,446 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 3 - Published: 9/5/2018 - Lightning, Sally - Complete
Small Lightning Bolt by Sammy Heroes reviews
Doc never imagined he would find a baby car with the name of Lightning at his clinic's doorstep. And now he has to take care of a hotshot baby car who doesn't know the meaning of staying still. Father/son.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Family - Chapters: 10 - Words: 7,825 - Reviews: 94 - Favs: 170 - Follows: 170 - Updated: 8/7/2018 - Published: 4/19/2015 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning
Two Truths and a Lie by Kachowbarator reviews
After the last season, Lightning hated the media. When a dirty rumor begins circling about Cruz, he is determined not to believe it. But Storm tells him there is a truth behind every lie. But what about when the lie targets you, and no one believes you’re innocent? Multi-chapter. Rated T for occasional language and dark themes later on.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 12,758 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 21 - Updated: 8/1/2018 - Published: 1/9/2018 - Lightning, Sally, Cruz R., J. Storm
Forgotten Highways by P.A.W.07 reviews
Chick, forced to play the underdog this season, finds his plagued past returning. Soon, everything is falling apart and everyone seems to want their pound of steel. Meanwhile: Sheriff is reminded of his age, Doc is plotting, Strip is a boy scout busy body, McQueen just wants to keep his reputation intact, and somehow it's all coming back at Chick. He really can't catch a break.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 22 - Words: 107,796 - Reviews: 95 - Favs: 50 - Follows: 46 - Updated: 7/12/2018 - Published: 6/15/2009 - Chick Hicks, Lightning, Sheriff, The King
crash by Life That Is Not Yet Full reviews
Next Gens aren't supposed to crash.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,378 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 2 - Published: 6/28/2018 - Lightning, Cruz R., J. Storm - Complete
Messages by the-kings-tail-fin reviews
Jackson's always been a closeted McQueen fanboy, but he can't help who he is. Everything he says, every action he takes, and every message he sends drives a wedge between him and his inspiration. He hates it. Oneshot.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,198 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 12 - Published: 4/6/2018 - Lightning, J. Storm - Complete
Moonshine by whipplefilter reviews
Doc has a secret. Sheriff's the only one who knows. As Doc's secret takes its toll on his health, however, he realizes he might have stumbled across a few of the Piston Cup's own. And sometimes, to tell one secret, you have to tell them all.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,352 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 4 - Published: 3/30/2018 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning, Sheriff - Complete
Contact by Quazie89 reviews
Cruz tries to get a very reluctant Lightning McQueen to contact Sally when he is still at the Rust-eze trainer center, all the while wondering what is preventing him from doing so.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,673 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 5 - Published: 2/5/2018 - Lightning, Sally, Cruz R. - Complete
Echoes of the Past by the-kings-tail-fin reviews
Sometime after Cars 3, Lightning makes his yearly trip to Doc's grave site.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,127 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 17 - Follows: 4 - Published: 1/30/2018 - Lightning, Sally, Sheriff - Complete
Ghosts by Quazie89 reviews
Buster Miles, an aspiring young mechanic, stumbles upon a much older and vastly different Lightning McQueen than the one we are used to seeing in the movies, in the old cars graveyard we see in the deleted Lost scene from the first movie.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,414 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 3 - Published: 1/20/2018 - Lightning, Mater, Red, Sally
Three Days by Adventurelife reviews
By MSN. After Strip Weather and Lightning McQueen go missing the season after the World Grand Prix, their friends and sponsors assume it's just a simple ransom case. But when no ransom note appears, the cars are forced to figure out where the racers are and why.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Adventure - Chapters: 17 - Words: 49,171 - Reviews: 49 - Favs: 45 - Follows: 24 - Updated: 1/13/2018 - Published: 11/30/2017 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Tex - Complete
Adjusted by whipplefilter reviews
After Doc's death, Sally and Mack try to find Lightning a new crew chief. Doc can't be replaced, though - which is fine until maybe one day, it's not.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,150 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 5 - Published: 9/5/2017 - Complete
Cogitation by haizakis reviews
Cogitation (n): the action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation.; "I have thought long and hard to forget, but here I stand in front of my most vivid memories, I never thought the past sticks onto you like yesterday."; (Third-person, introspective, headcanon-based, post-movies, focuses on Sally and Lightning and his family)
Cars - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 12,114 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 8/27/2017 - Published: 8/21/2017 - [Lightning, Sally] Mater, OC
Don't Time Fly by whipplefilter reviews
All Lightning really knows is he doesn't want to go to Phoenix, but there's no doctor in Radiator Springs anymore. Besides, Doc was internal medicine. Never a psychiatrist.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,071 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 17 - Follows: 5 - Published: 8/7/2017 - Lightning, Mater, Sally - Complete
Lightning and the V8 Supercars by CarsWorldFan reviews
Sequel to Cars: Downunder. Lightning McQueen is now racing full-time in Australia with the V8 Supercars, but does he really have what it takes to go against some of the toughest racers in the world and still come out on top? And with his marriage to Sally, will he be able to balance racing with his career? Or will he have to give up something he loves? WARNING: character death.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Friendship - Chapters: 64 - Words: 154,870 - Reviews: 167 - Favs: 38 - Follows: 22 - Updated: 3/9/2016 - Published: 6/19/2015 - Lightning, Sally, OC - Complete
Shatter by ObsidianJade reviews
The final race of Lightning McQueen. Warnings: Character death, angst. One Shot.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,653 - Reviews: 23 - Favs: 63 - Follows: 13 - Published: 7/7/2008 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning, Sheriff - Complete
Trapped reviews
After Lightning's crash, the trip home from the hospital doesn't go as planned. Can McQueen ever catch a break? Will all of the attention bring back characters from the race car's painful past? Rated T because swearing and stuff.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Angst - Chapters: 8 - Words: 18,105 - Reviews: 19 - Favs: 30 - Follows: 28 - Updated: 7/4 - Published: 4/21/2018 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning, Sally, OC