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Beginning Notes Authors Note #1: This is my first time ever writing a fanfic, especially one that's going to be as long as I think it's going to be. In fact, the last time I did a story was for a writing competition when I was 13 (I'm not counting school assignments) and even then, my mom was...

Greg Veder wasn't a coward. Or at least he thought so. He felt sick, each step his bag weighed him down like a stone, crushing him under its non-existent weight as he walked. Today was the first day back to school, back to Winslow, the heart-wrenching feeling of the plan he had stumbled...

It started the way it always did. Wind screaming past, clouds slashing overhead, three streaks of color carving through the sky—red, blue, green. Townsville sprawled beneath them, all rooftops and flashing billboards and streets too narrow to matter. The city wasn't important. Winning was...

Chapter 1 - [System Initialized] Summer, 617 CA I slowly opened my eyes. The light was bright, and it took my eyes several seconds to adjust. My body felt good, all things considered. I didn't feel any fatigue or lingering injury, but I couldn't seem to move my neck. My fingers and toes...

Katsujinken satsujinto. The weapon that saves [is also] the weapon that kills. Like many koans, it's so vague as to be meaningless in a vacuum, not even really a sentence, which means that any meaning you derive from it is meaning derived from your own first principles. It's all over kendo...

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...

The world below was dark and dreary, a place where the shades of those who no longer live, resided not by their own will but by being held here without any chances of escape or freedom. Perhaps one could say that there was certain beauty even in existence such as this, for here mixed the...

For legal reasons, I need to say 'don't try this'. “Are you sure this is a good idea Taylor?” I didn't look at Sophia. There wasn’t really any point, not when I knew that I wouldn’t see the worry on her face with the mask covering it. Wasn’t any reason to look even if she wasn’t in her full...

In the average, boring neighborhood of Privet Drive, Little Wington, Surrey, a strange looking man suddenly appeared. He had black hair that suddenly shifted to straw blond halfway through, a close cropped goatee, and a red long coat Azazel knew he stood out like a sore thumb and didn't...

Name: Shirou Emiya Origin: Sword Element: Sword Magecraft: >Gradation Air >Tracing >Reinforcement >Transmutation >Runecraft Magic: >Heavenly Body >Requip >Telekinesis Race: Human (Sword) Route: Unlimited Blade Works Changes: >Shirou is Saber's Master >>His FT Magic didn't kick in till his...

Project: Gamer Ver. Error, File Not Found Anime Adjacent Entry: 001 Disclaimer Me Do: I own nothing you recognize. And most of what you don't recognize, I still don't own. _________________________________________________________________________ I don't think I've ever written a journal...

It would be lying to call the room a typical dungeon room. Sure the walls were that strange grey stone brick that didn't make any sense; and there was a massive treasure chest that no sane person would ever make to one side. But instead of guttering torches sending dark shadows everywhere...

Exemplar. It's one of those capital-letter words that has different meanings based on geography and context. In one kingdom of mortals, it might be a title granted to a great champion; in a text from another, it's a lower-case sort of word, simply denoting great skill. But in Planar scholarship...

A/N: This concept has been in my head for months now and since I'm currently on a hot streak with my writing I figured I'd whip something up and see if it goes anywhere. Enjoy! XXXXXX Ghost of Stanley Chapter I: The Voice That Would Not Cease A brooding silence fell over Mount Olympus as...

Prologue Yang followed her dad and uncle Qrow as they raced through the storm drains of Vale. She urged her tired legs to go faster and her burning lungs to breathe deeper, but aura couldn't replace physical fitness, only enhance it, and they were more fit than she was. That went double when...

You awake, after images dancing through your head faster than you on a broom. Flashes of Gryffindor Red hair, and Killing Curse Green eyes flit through your mind's eye. She was utterly perfect, and utterly unattainable. Why she hated you so much, you would never understand. All you did was...

That sound is so annoying. Shrill, repetitive, completely out of sync with the red light that keeps flashing through your closed eyelids, making you wince and groan. What is that? You open your eyes and immediately regret it; pain makes your vision swim, aggravating the pain in your head and in...

You sit up, panting, clutching the sheets. They are soaked in sweat and … something else. You vividly remember the dream. The same dream you have had three nights in a row now. Her hair, Gryffindor red, those killing curse eyes, suffocating you with their beauty. Those thick, plump lips. Her...

Islands of Adventure- A Magipunk journey of discovery and heroism! Intro Long ago in the ten Elemental Realms there existed the legendary Adventurers Guild who from their Isles of Hope defeated the Empire of Shadows and led the Ten realms into an era of peace and prosperity with every inhabitant...

Hear me! Countless bodies lay strewn upon the path accursed sea brought to heel Gods, demons and Kings defied. All my work. Venerable treasures sacrificed great powers mastered. My magic, might and skill all peerless, yet... Why is there yet more Path to tread? ...Ashem?... Anyone? Lost Prayers...

“Bow.” With a single word, the arena became silent. All around me, leaning out from the balcony above or pressing in from the raised walkway, spectators dressed in pale grey instantly stopped their gossip and gambling as the elderly figure at the very centre of the space commanded their...

Mech pilot Dani Rue fuses her brain with an artificial intelligence to survive. Escaping from enemy captivity (and with an enemy's digital ghost in her head), she travels across a war-torn America in a chaotic future setting. What's the line between an insatiable red mouth and a being more than...

Your name is Dustin Bright. Ever since your father started having chronic back pain, you’ve had to work fourteen hour shifts at the factory to support your family. One night, you return home to find them all chopped to pieces. — Your arms are on the brink of falling off after dragging the bloody...

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...