reincarnation

CHAPTER 1 — A Yawn is Worth a Thousand Words Calm seas glistened with millions of lights almost too bright to look at. Waters parted occasionally as Pokemon passed close to the surface—sometimes shoals of Seadra or schools of Remoraid—but the flashes of fins and heads were always too quick for...

King's Landing Seventh Moon (98 AC) Viserra I The Red Keep's stench struck Viserra first—faint rot beneath stone, laced with echoes of lost ease. Its corridors still thrummed, not yet hollowed, though her kin had thinned—some bound to duty, others flung to distant keeps. Her son of Sunglass...

How far do most people remember anything at the very start of their lives? Somehow, I found myself remembering how I was born It was odd. I remember that it was all so blurry, how I could barely hear the cries and just who was crying, how I remember being so confused and scared because one...

When I opened my eyes in shock, I was lying face down in a puddle. I jerked up into a crouching position and felt my body for any wounds. My leather jacket and helmet were damp with stale water, but I was not wounded in any way. A moment before, I was speeding down the highway on my...

A foot slams down, grinding my shoulder. “Gambler who schemes behind the scenes,” I lift my eyes to the dragon’s scornful gaze. “Fortune has abandoned you, a flame on a frozen field.” The scythe presses sharp against my neck. Blood snows from hell. Hell now and then, hell ever after. This...

England [Mundane] 23-08-1969 Horace Slughorn The thin clouds of autumn veiled the blue skies of dawn in the quaint city of Ely, a gray shroud of mist cast in the shadow of the Great River. The pleasant chills of autumn were there too, a barely perceptible breeze its forebear. Moist air...

Chapter 1: Rebirth I had lived quite a shameful life. Born into an elite family of doctors, I was expected to follow in their footsteps. Medicine is a well-respected and well-paid profession, or so I was told by my brother and father. But I didn't listen to them as I wanted to become a...

Ultimately, it had been pure bad luck that ended my career in the Imperial Army, along with my second life. Yes, I had been cornered by Mary Sue, but that wasn't the actual proximate cause of death. That honor went to the stray artillery shell that landed between us with barely any warning at...

"Stay in your place, you dirty animal!" the order was followed by a push that sent me crashing into one of the alley walls. Looking away from my attacker, I observed my surroundings: I was in one of the many alleys of Randgriz, the capital of the Principality of Gallia, which I had taken as a...

People shouted and screamed as lights danced across the black stage, shifting in a myriad of colors—red, blue, green, yellow, and purple—blurring seamlessly over the exuberant crowd. Tanya, arms crossed and crimson hair falling loosely into her eyes, watched the spectacle. In her opinion, this...

"I'm sorry, Frederica. I'm sorry, Julian. I'm sorry, everyone." Admiral Yang Wen-Li's strength left him as his body went limp. He took a shallow breath, closed his eyes, and his consciousness faded. 14 years later Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen's concentration was broken by a knock on the door. He...

Lucy Gray's breath came in sharp, ragged gasps as she crouched behind the thick brush, the cold of the early winter morning seeping into her bones. The forests familiar paths twisted into a maze by fear and desperation. She could hear him—the crunch of boots on snow, the steady, relentless...

1: Defy The Heavens, Boy! A tired sigh echoed through a dimly lit room. A small table lamp that seemed to be malfunctioning flickered a couple of times, threatening to go out at any moment. A young-looking boy stared at the flickering light for what seemed like years, his lifeless eyes...

The cafeteria lights of Derry Community College were buzzing like wasps, so this is why Jake Epping had taken the job. He thought that if he worked in the basement, no one would see him. No one would know that the scholarship kid was working as a janitor. Jake's pride was alive. It coiled...

An accident involving a truck brought about the end of humanity. This unexpected event provided Aizen with the opportunity to start a new life in another world. Interestingly, his destiny led him to the world of Naruto, where he was reborn while retaining all his previous memories. Until the...

Light of the 40th century Deep in the primordial void where neither light nor darkness painted creation. Where concepts originated and from whence they ceased. In the void both above and below the infinitum of the Absolutionism where unclaimed souls go to die, a golden soul pulsed with...

Unending ocean Riding the waves forever Who will I become? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1JjOpXsJ7A To Whomever Finds This Message: I do not know who I am. I have given myself my own name: Nathan Farman, a generic pseudonym well suited for the multifaceted being I have become. And yet it...

She was the scourge of nations, the shadow in the darkest hour of the night, the threat of her poisons bringing terror to all evildoers- "Janine-nee, wake up." Janine groaned into her pillow as the dream evaporated like Gastly fumes. She had come wide awake, of course- her training as a...

* * * "You'll never be like me!" The sword shone with a dazzling light, struck the stream of fire, and cut it in half. The famous Thousand Peaks Leap took Bao Xiao to the sky with a jerk of his foot and a lightning-fast leap. His hands were glowing with excess qi, and it flowed from the blade...

"What have you done ?" Viscera, pieces of arms torn off, bodies without heads- "Shoto, what have you done ?" There was blood on the floor, on the walls, on the ceiling- "What have I done ?" The young man sat cross-legged on the grass, his cold, lifeless eyes piercing through him. He was...

It is the dawn of the 42nd Millennium. And it is a grim dawn indeed. The Forces of Chaos have torn the galaxy in half with the Great Rift, and continue their endless rampage. The Necrons continue to slowly but surely arise from their slumber, and Tyranid Hivefleets seem never-ending. And the...

"A good death only comes after a good life." —Koji Shimazu "Aren't you the least bit worried?" Vincent Phantomhive smiled innocently. "About what?" "I mean about Sirius," Diedrich snapped. It was early in the afternoon, a time of fond gatherings and reading dull letters in the study while the...

Alvin was never one for fighting. Hell, he hated the thought of getting his nose broken or even having his fingernail cracked. Even wooden splinters from the wheelbarrows or sparks from the arctech wagons frightened him, despite being nearly twenty-five years old. So why was he in the midst of...

Lonely Star, why are you far? Why? Why am I here? W-Why was I placed with this responsibility? Why did it have to be m-me? Why… why couldn't it be somebody else? I'm… I'm a nobody. Why? Why did it have to end this way? Why does everyone… and everything hate me? Why was I put into this...

With the upcoming second season and at least three fanfics, TEiS deserves its own discussion thread. "Shadow: We are Shadow Garden. We lurk in the shadows and hunt the shadows. That is all we live for." "I don't want to be the last boss. I want to be the one in the stories who operates...