Death and Taxes. ... more>>

The two insurpassable laws of the universe.

So long as humans exist in this world, these things will remain.

However, there is a 3rd law which has always, and will always implement itself on people.

Suffering.

Reincarnated in a new world, five people are forced to learn this the hard way.

Placed on 'Nightmare mode' and being reincarnated as monsters, they are forced to survive under incomprehensible conditions.

However it is only through suffering, that we grow as people.

And it is only through suffering, that we truly become monsters.

"Nightmare mode.... eh? Tell me, what exactly was this mode supposed to mean again? Were our lives supposed to become nightmares?"

Without suffering, there is no change in anything.

"Or were we supposed to become the nightmares?"

This is the story of the antiheroes. <<less

It was an average day in Miami—then fractures in the sky appeared. A pulse from those cracks altered the population; some people's biology changed while others received magical and supernatural powers. After the chaos, the political drama ensued, followed by the discovery of portals that brought deadly creatures. They called this event "The Oscillation" and it changed Rachel's life forever.... more>>

Note: I've received some feedback that people don't like the foul language. This also included my mother, she wanted me to make a cleaner version for her. So, I thought I might as well release it alongside the more explicit version. I went back and rewrote the parts that have profanity in them. ^_^7

Cover Commissioned From Likesac ^_^7 <<less

Sucked into the void without warning, a handful of people from around the globe suddenly find themselves in the foreign world of Scyria, a place filled with people who can jump three times their height, conjure fire from thin air, and perform any number of other inhuman feats.  Scattered across the realm and armed with newfound powers far greater than those of the native Scyrians, they each struggle to find their path in this unfamiliar reality.  Their unforeseen arrival sends tremors throughout the world, toppling a centuries-long age of relative peace, prosperity, and progress as they each leave their mark on the world in their own ways.... more>>

But Scyria has its own share of intrigue, even without these unwelcome guests.  A major metropolis is wiped from existence out of nowhere, triggering a manhunt across the continent for those deemed responsible.  Two feuding nations decide to bring their hostilities to a new level.  Blades clash, nations fall, and plots years in the making begin to reveal themselves.

This is the story of some unwilling trespassers, taken from their lives against their will and thrown into situations they barely understand.  This is the story of some unfortunate Scyrians, their lives blown apart by the newcomers’ sudden and destabilizing existence.  This is the story of Scyria, a world with a lost past buried beneath millenia.  But as both the Earthlings and Scyrians are about to find out, sometimes the past doesn’t stay buried forever...

I post one chapter ahead on Patreon here, you can get it for a dollar: https://www.patreon.com/IrateRapScallion

My Discord server for discussing the story and whatever else: https://discord.gg/uycZBbv

Cover by Jefferymoonworm (https://www.instagram.com/jefferymoonworm/?hl=en) <<less

No one ever knows the whole story... more>>

Nestled deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, something is emerging. Kept in absolute secrecy, it seeps into a fading town, quietly shared from person to person. For Alden Bensen, a directionless high school graduate, this discovery could mean an escape from his empty existence. To Rachel DuValle, perpetually underestimated and dismissed by the world, magic represents a chance to become something much greater than herself.

In the face of an unsuspecting world, their decisions shape the growth of a budding society discovering untold power. This potent force offers anyone the power to change humanity forever—or send it cascading into swift and total annihilation.

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The Last Science is an ongoing science-fiction / contemporary fantasy web novel series created by Etzoli. New chapters will be posted on Fridays—plus bonus chapters on Mondays—for as long as it takes to tell the whole story. Each chapter is pretty long (average ~8000 words), so find somewhere comfy to read. This is a series for readers who really like to dive into the content.

This story will also be published weekly at my website (https://etzo.li). There will be no differences in content, but slight differences in formatting. Feel free to read at whichever site or app you prefer. If you’re enjoying the story, consider dropping me a vote over on Top Web Fiction, or come say hi on Discord. Thanks!

Schedule: New chapters every Friday, with occasional bonus chapters on Monday.

https://patreon.com/etzoli
— Read ahead, get an exclusive writing blog, and other shiny goodies!
https://discord.gg/5NYk6za
— Come chat or get update notifications! <<less

In the world of Mantaras there have been countless Gods and Goddesses, and now a newly born system has arisen. Watch how Jack (the System) learns how to be a omnipotent system, along with the adventures of his users who he will come to befriend.... more>>

(For the first arc, Jack will be more in the background, but after that he will be more active)

Updates every Monday. <<less

Kidnapped and sent to another world, he finds himself right in his element.... more>>

"You think I don't know how all of this works? Please."

Armed with the knowledge he has gained from reading various web novels and his 'unique' way of thinking, he will shake the heavens.

"No matter how many worlds I have to go through, I will return to my home!"

All so he can get his mother's groceries...

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Support Serial Transmigrator at patreon.com/shixuan <<less

In his 60 years of life, he'd built up a good legacy and looked on to spending his later years quietly teaching his students the martial arts he'd cultivated over the years while working as a nurse for his day job. He'd long since saved enough for his retirement, but he just could not leave the profession of helping those who needed it.... more>>

In his younger years, he'd traveled the globe and, during his time in Japan, learned a historical preservation of a martial art that claimed to be Ninjutsu. Although, as he would learn, it was actually a Samurai art that the Ninja supposedly learned to infiltrate. Bottom line, it was effective.

His son had even enrolled his granddaughter into his studio in the kid's class. After practice one day, he decided to take his granddaughter for ice cream. This is when everything went wrong.

After the accident on the freeway, he was fine. His granddaughter was not. It was at this moment something supernatural happened. A ghostly vision claiming to be a fallen goddess promised him she could take his vitality in order to heal his granddaughter. In so doing, he would die but his granddaughter would live. Regretting his actions which caused his granddaughter's predicament, he agreed immediately. Next thing he knew, he regained consciousness in the womb of what would be his new mother, and next to him was his twin, a twin he would later discover was the very goddess who helped him to save his granddaughter.

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This story has been discontinued and rebooted under a new name. If you would like to check out the new rebooted version of the story with far better writing, pacing, and characterization, please check out "Key to the Void." <<less

Mana exists and, somehow, seems to have a purpose, beginning with its arrival triggering a cosmic event that burst through numerous realities, bringing upheaval and turmoil to all within its path…... more>>

Transported from Earth under mysterious circumstances, Sloane and her daughter Gwyn arrived in the world of Eona only to discover they had been separated from each other. Forced to venture on a desperate quest to find one another, mother and daughter each embark on magical adventures, filled with untold wonders and fantastical beings. They undertake their journeys across a continent rife with power struggles, where ancient kingdoms and guilds are in disarray, scrambling to adapt to the arrival of magic in their world.

A hardware engineer by trade, Sloane must use skills learned over a long career to craft any edge she can against beings who have thrived using weapons long since obsolete on Earth. Perhaps mana will provide the answers she needs.
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Book 2:

War has erupted.

Sloane finds herself in the middle of an expanding war, torn between new obligations and her search for Gwyn. With the departure of the knights fast approaching, Sloane must decide how to protect those of her House that are being left behind while also planning a way to continue her journey to Avira.

Gwyn prepares to leave for the Academy, but first, she must deal with the fallout of the Polite War. The Academy represents a neutral ground that may provide the safety and opportunities she needs to build her House. Meanwhile, her retainers seek to provide those opportunities for their charge, while also expanding the search for her mother.

As time passes, machinations have forced both mother and daughter to change, and each hopes that the other will be proud of them when they reunite.

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Also being posted on Royal Road!

Discord link: https://discord.gg/UD6wjQ2n5z

Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/Oxylus <<less

The demon king has been defeated, and a devastating war averted. The kingdom of Avaraline is on the slow road to recovery with Alysia at the helm.... more>>

Velvet sleeps, wrapped in magical crystal, Myne inactive, unwilling to do anything without her lover, the previous cost too high and too raw for them both.

But things are far from over. Ignoring that the demon king's retinue are still at large, and the neighbouring kingdoms are restless because of what had transpired, the world is stirring, the winds of change are blowing, the world on the brink of another evolution, the consequences of which will be more far reaching than anyone realizes.

Destiny however has plans of it's own. Chris, a young man discovering the truth about himself, and Rachael, a young woman hiding who she is, are both about to find themselves intertwined in the fate of the world.

When secrets come to the surface, the results can be far beyond what either party considered. Especially when they hail from an earlier age...

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This story is the sequel to Dawn Weaver, and takes place some years after the first.

However, it can be read independently of the first book (while knowledge of the first book may make some things clearer, it is not needed at all to understand most of what is going on and enjoy the story for what it is). The two main characters are new characters, as is the majority of the cast.

Note that this story is much heavier on the transgender themes than Dawn Weaver, it and comes into it from very early in the story. The gender bender element itself don't come into play until much later however.

It is also not an Isekai story, at least not from a technical viewpoint.

Volume 3 cover art by haime22, and pertains to arc 7. <<less

Forever is the cycle of conflict between the Hero and the Demon Lord. Seemingly unending with no salvation in sight, but how does a disruption... more>> of that cycle create a tale? Otherworldly elements and intervention of the mighty have a part in that.
The story of the now different Demon
Perhaps she is evil? One can’t simply call her good for certain.
She’s ruthless, yet she’s friendly.
Her past lives muddied, only the present and future remain. <<less

So… right about now your probably wondering… who am I? Tobias Amadeus Junior! High-School Student, genius (self-proclaimed), and amateur novelist at your service… I won’t bore you though with irrelevant details of my previous life.... more>>

What is important is I seem to somehow be in the starting room of my novel… Although the room isn’t that unique by itself. After all, a pure white marble room with no doors somehow doesn’t seem that unique in the omniverse anymore. What is important and far more unique is the screen asking me to choice a difficulty level. Well, actually… It might not be important to you… For me, however, it is kind of important. You probably don’t care…

This might seem like a simple decision for anyone in my situation. But... I value my life enough that I would just choose easy mode and be done with it. Unfortunately, this decision isn’t that simple... mainly because (if this is my novel) there is the slight issue with that plan. The corrupted monsters, monstrosities, slowly leading this universe toward destruction… Ugh... Right about now I wish I could punch my past self who wrote that crap…

Author here! Now for whatever reason you decided to read this description (I cannot really imagine why). I would like to quickly mention that my story has taken inspiration from many other tales that exist specifically mentioning Novel’s Extra and Tutorial is Too Hard as major influences. While there is some suggestive content that would (probably) bump the age rating up to 13+, there is no explicit sexual content in this story.

My current plan for releasing chapters is to release two per week.
Friday, @ noon. (est) & Monday, @midnight. <<less

After losing his job and nearly being kicked out of the house, Shannchyuan finds himself unable to remember what happened to him in the past four hours. When a friend who is in danger calls to ask for help, he doesn’t expect to meet an orphan girl who witnesses a bizarre kidnapping. He still doesn’t even understand what really happened when his friends experienced strange things one by one. Soon after, they get involved in events they have never imagined before, their lives will never be the same as before!... more>>

POV : Third Person Limited Shifting (Multiple Characters)
Names and places are written using Gwoyeu Romatzyh instead of Hanyu Pinyin

Author : Lin Musen 【林木森】
Copyright @ 2022 Lin Musen 【林木森】

Author's note :
I have already compiled some chapters in this story into ebooks. You can get it for free if you are interested. I appreciate your support. Thank you very much.

Download links :
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1134628
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1141616

Major Characters

The Six Dragons Club Members :

Duanmuh Shannchyuan [ 端木 善泉 ]

Shimen Yihshyong [ 西门 义雄 ]

Dongfang Jenqyih [ 东方 正义 ]

Nangong Iren [ 南宫 依仁 ]

Beeihae Shinnshiow [ 北海 信秀 ]

Jongharng Chioujen [ 中行 秋真 ]

Supporting Characters

Liuchiou Yinqyueh [ 闾丘 映月 ] : An orphan girl who saw an abduction in front of Dahfeisy Tower.

Mingju Tsaehorng [ 明朱 彩虹 ] : A young painter who they helped six months ago.

Gongyang Songfei [ 公羊 嵩飞 ] : A friend who is a detective wannabee.

Minor Characters

Shantyan Hannrong [ 山田 汉荣 ] : A custodian of the Dahfeisy Tower.

This is a very slow pace story. So I am really sorry if this is not your cup of tea.

There are things I have to explain about the story background :

First

It happened in some alternate universe. So the historical things that happened there were not identical to what happened in our universe.

Second

The characters live on another planet. So, in that universe, some catastrophe happened on their earth, forcing their ancestor to abandon earth.

Third

It happened thousands of years in the future. The technology is stagnant because they deliberate to choose to be static and reluctant to develop any new technology for some reasons. <<less

ON HIATUS... more>>

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Born below a raging storm, Rai entered the world with a whisper, silencing the elements. Join him as he grows and explores the world of Zenith, uncovering its truths and fallacies. Will he find his father, the previous Aspect of the Life clan?

Blessed with abundant mana, how will he adjust to sealing it so his body doesn't destroy itself in a world where magic means everything? His journey includes attending Aether Academy, dealing with celestial hijinks, and a dangerous path laid out by his father.

What will become of the world in the process?

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UPDATES EVERY SUNDAY AT 12:15PM GMT

Chapters will be from 1400 to 2400 words ish, could change depending on the chapter.

This story is long enough that it will probably surpass 1000 chapters, so strap in and enjoy the ride!

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Things to expect:
- Slow romance
- Expansive world building
- Character power progression (not limited to MC)

Things not to expect:
- Rape scenes
- Harem

Cover art made and owned by me <<less

On the distant world of Mendala, a rash of mysterious attacks have left many towns destroyed, and there are rumors of an army of monsters. Fantasma, leader of the global government, and his colleagues are determined to find the cause of these attacks. However, the search for answers points them to an ancient relic, The Book of War, a cursed artifact that can create indestructible creatures loyal to its master.... more>>

It’s been over twelve thousand years since the Book of War was last opened. It was believed to be destroyed during the Great War by the Twelve Warriors and Daughter of the Sun at the cost of their lives. Now, it seems the book has resurfaced, and its new master is seeking to forever tip the balance of power.

The stage is being set for another Great War but who can stop the Book of War once and for all?

Meanwhile on Earth, the teen members of Greengale’s Action and Adventure Club are preparing for their yearly trip when they suddenly stumble upon a secret their parents have been keeping for years. Now their world is being turned upside down as they struggle to understand the legacy that ties their fate to Mendala and the Book of War. Is their destiny set in stone, or will they forge a different path?

No matter what, their choices will bring forth a new era for Mendala.

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Series Update: After receiving some feedback, I've made changes to the first few chapters of the book to make it easier to get into. Chapters 1-2 have been almost completely rewritten and Chapters 3-7 also had some changes to help introduce characters better. If you're already past these chapters, you don't need to reread, the main plot is still the same. For those who may have only read a little and haven't gotten far. I encourage you to check it out from scratch! <<less

Born into prestige and gifted with talent, Pascal was a promising officer cadet whose deeds caught even the King's gaze. At the mere age of twenty, he had everything a young, ambitious man could need to begin a promising career.... more>>

Except his habitual arrogance had destroyed every opportunity of a close friendship outside his political marriage.

Seeking a companion who meets his protracted list of requirements, Pascal decided to craft the 'perfect spell' for the upcoming familiar ceremony. If those around him were not fit to accompany his genius, then he would summon a best friend through his own hands -- one that was mature, intelligent, knowledgeable, bright, and cute as well.

He received far more than he bargained for... and in turn, so did the shifting geopolitical power balance of his world.

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Disclaimer:

This is not a power-fantasy or the usual 'feel-good' story you might find on this site. If you feel that a protagonist should never lack agency (especially in early story) or make compromises due to difficult circumstances, then this fiction is probably not for you.

Daybreak is a story that delves into real world sociological/psychological subjects and explores many topics of gray morality. I wrote it because I like stories that makes me think more about the world around us, not to detach myself from reality.

Some aspects you can expect based on the tags include:
- [Kingdom Building]: political drama, geopolitical/geoeconomic strategy
- [Army Building]: massive battles featuring in-depth planning, combined arms, and operational logistics
- [Magical Technology]: how magic changes the sociotechnological evolution of civilization in a high-fantasy world
- [Genderbender]: exploration of gender identity, gender role, and discussion of social expectations
- [Identity Crisis]: someone translated into a whole different world having to rebuild their identity and life aims

This story is primarily hosted on my blog -- https://samaran-daybreak.com/ -- where all the art/map assets can be found as well as the latest chapters. <<less

A school-bus gets sucked into a dark forest.
Deadly monsters lurk around every corner. They look almost human, but they are anything but.
Humanity struggles for survival.
What dangers and secrets await our stranded protagonists?... more>>

Chapters are posted daily.
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Warnings:
This is a slow-burn story, answers and explanations aren't given right away.
The setting is grim-dark. And our protagonists are as human as they can get.
No superpowers. No easy trips. Heroes must earn their glory. Villains must earn their power.
There are 4 main characters around which the story orbits, each having their own narrative and perspective to the setting/events.

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AN:
For anyone interested in reading ahead, I post the chapters 2-4 weeks in advance over at my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7258142 <<less

Aliyah Scionsong is a failed scion of her kingdom: a crumbling desert dominion entombed in poisonous mists, home to murderous Magicians and dimensional libraries bursting with secrets—a place where so-called ‘Healers’ are the most dangerous of all mages.... more>>

Under pain of necessity, Aliyah has learned the forbidden magics which mold flesh and bone to her will; magic that can heal or harm in equal measure. When a royal execution triggers an imminent battle between the Magicians and a nest of faeries, it falls on her to make some very difficult choices.

Save a traitor, become a traitor—she’s thrust into a world beyond the choking mists, where not all is as it seems. But at least she has her stolen knowledge. Perhaps her illegitimate magic will make the path ahead easier. Perhaps not.

Meanwhile, ripples of unease spread across the lands; trouble is brewing between faery factions. There’s a disgraced dungeonrunner, and a faery general carrying the broken ghost of her murdered queen. Faeries scheme; the Magicians watch and wait.

The Last Faery War has only ever been the last faery war for now.

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Content warnings: violence, profanity, gore and body horror, allusions to offscreen sexual content, disturbing themes.

Cover art drawn by the author. Updates Sundays (Australian timezone).

Also on Wordpress: https://scionsong.wordpress.com/

And Royalroad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/51803/scionsong <<less

It's a snusnu deathworld where humanity is hellbent on keeping the incredibly powerful monstergirls enslaved.... more>>

That's where Rick comes in. He's not from this world. Rick needs to survive along with the people that came with him. The wilds first, the monstergirls second, humanity third.

Good luck, Rick.
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The story has been dropped as I am progressing the remake/final-version over at "Monsters and Maidens" (Changing narrative to a 3rd person perspective, altering some of the setting/plot to give it a more dynamic progression, including more PoVs...)

🍋: Heavy lemon content
🍋🍋: It's all lemons
* : Beta read/checked <<less

Transported to another world—and caught in events over his head—Gwyn Black is given the title of a hero. Armed with the power to liquefy solids, he faces colorful, deadly opponents as well as his inner struggles. Should he succumb to darkness or become fit to bear the title of Nonpareil is something only time will tell.... more>>

Volumes 1 – 4 [Act 1] Gwyn arrives on Resh and is quickly swept up with a team on a journey to a brightly glowing city, where he encounters foes far above his ability.

Volume 5 – Current [Act 2] Following the events in Nun, the team has split and gone home, but the forces at work are still active, and tragedy looms over the horizon.

Chapter releases are one per week.

Volume 1 [updated and professionally edited] is available on Amazon and other platforms. <<less

==  Posting 1000 - 1500 words various times a week for now. Warning! Warning! A slow burn! ==... more>>

A galaxy-wide creator of life found its purpose for the first time since its birth eons ago. It had wanted to see how its most beloved child would live.

However, she has died, and the one who killed her has gained even more strength.

This divine being became enraged. It had never felt such pure hatred before. It behaved a bit recklessly as a result.

It called upon an ancient power, far above it in rank. This supreme authority chose to fulfill the deity's request for vengeance. But, He sent His cute little children in His stead.

His two inexperienced kids, named Ajax and Shaula, were born as humans on the planet Earth. On the last day of their 12th grade, they are plucked from Earth by their Father and sent to a new world called Omicron. Here, they will face the greatest challenge of their lives so far, and take up the burden of their birthright.

Finding and killing a god should be the easy part of the story.

== About the tags: I hoped to match them to my story as close as possible while picking the most popular ones here. If any of them don't seem to match the story, let me know. The depictions of cruelty tag in particular may be a reason why you shouldn't read this. The new world is a sinister place once you get into it. ==

== This story is a reboot of my other story of the same name. I'm on RoyalRoad too: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/57834/the-children-of-the-divine-limit == <<less

Ciara O'Connor is a terminally-ill Biology professor whose life is upended when she's transformed into a dungeon as her city is devastated by a nuclear weapon at the outset of World War Three.... more>>

Her memories and personality remain, but Ciara's nature isn't what it once was. Shy and introverted as a human, Ciara experiences savage hunger and murderous urges following her evolution. With her spirit guide Sven, Ciara learns about her daunting new reality while coming to terms with the humanity she's lost.

Joe Schimpf, a US Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant, was on leave, fishing the coast north of the city the morning the war turned global.

With his best friend Mike Elliott, Mike's son Michael Elliott, and Michael's childhood friend Rihelah Najibi, Joe searches for his wife, Anna. Along the way, they meet Ciara's students Siobhán Killarney and Joy Peterson as they brave raiders and radiation, deep inside the blast zone.

Enter a daunting universe ruled by Dragons and their kin. Earth will never be the same.

Chapters will typically be 2500 words.

The release schedule is one chapter per week, on Monday.

This novel contains harsh language, war, romance, gore, fantasy species, traumatic content, animal maulings, LitRPG elements, and suggestive sexual scenes. Reader discretion is advised. <<less

The Unity holds dominion over the breadth of space. Now, they've set their sights on the final prize. That prize? Essegena - a planet at the farthest edge of the universe, ripe for human habitation and yet so far completely untouched.... more>>

But all is not well on Essegena. Three of the colony's pioneers have vanished without a trace, and in their place a man has appeared who - according to all the records - simply does not exist. Worse still, the infant colony is beset with concerning reports of mysterious lights in the distant trees, shadowy phantoms haunting the edges of their nascent home, strange noises from high up on the cliffs.

The colonists need to stay united if they're to make Essegena a success story - but with ambitious vipers around every corner, they've never been more divided.

Once they dreamed of a fresh start, far away from their former lives. Now that dream is fast becoming a nightmare.

Tags are applicable to the story as a whole, but do not necessarily feature in every chapter/subplot. For more information on the characters/a world map, see the Glossary.

There is also a Fandom wiki (https://booksoflightness.fandom.com/wiki/The_Books_of_Lightness_Wiki) but this is both still under construction and in some cases contains spoilers for chapters not yet released on Scribblehub. I will also be posting the story on Royal Road. <<less

Hey! There are new Tiers on my Pat-reon.
Tier 1 - Next weeks chapters in advance!
Tier 2 - Whole of Volume - Ongoing One. Currently Ongoing is Volume One - Chapter 46 to Chapter 75 - Triwizard Tournament Arc
Tier 3 - Whole of Volume 3 could be read in advance. - Chapter 75 to 109 - Final Year at Hogwarts - Part 1
Tier 4 & 5 - Final Year at Hogwarts - Second Wizarding War - Part 2 & 3 (Till chapter 152)... more>>

Link is right here.
https://www.patreon.com/UnravelNNA

https://discord.gg/BYgE4yYxjZ

https://www.instagram.com/unravel_nna/?hl=en - Instagram

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6OzNI1JhpZmxNAM_cu4BBQ
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Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith, they were pulled into a different world by a mysterious voice.
It spoke of a mission, and gave them a system, in return, promised to send them back to their world, at the time of their birth, with the powers and knowledge they possess. To stop the tragedies that befell their parents and others.
But, it came with few problems.
"Why are we eleven again?"
"We don't have materia or weapons either."
"Wait, where did we fall?
"Oh, good. You are awake, you are in Hogwarts, the School of Magic."

And so began their journey in this new world, but wait, there is more to this world than meets the eyes. In the futures, Heroes will rise, and Hammers will fall from the sky. Well, the story title says everything, right?

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About Tags -
It's Harem, for sure, and it's R-18, but don't expect this to one of those (Well, mine mostly) stories where he pokes every hole he find. (That was crass way to put it.)

The girls would be few, like Tifa and Aerith, as for the future ones. It would depend on how the story, characters and character relations develop. <<less

During a blackout, a frail and ragged old woman stops to ask for a glass of water from a backyard barbecue party. Given a good supper instead, she looks around the group, and tells them, "Be who and what you truly are."... more>>

Days later, seven of the people from the barbecue find themselves drawn into a trap laid by a pair of wizards and their accomplices, who kidnap them into a bubble reality.

All seven, who have known each other all their lives, are informed that they are not in fact entirely human: they have active fae blood, due to a series of conditions culminating with the blessing of the elderly fae woman.

The transformation into fae form comes as a shock: all seven, whether originally female or male, find themselves now unreasonably beautiful women. More urgent even than that, though, is their captivity. Getting back to the real world is a higher priority than this metamorphosis that rapidly begins to feel natural... but this is only the first step, as the diverse types of fae blood they carry begin to surface.

With no resources except themselves, how can they escape this prison? If they succeed, how can they possibly reclaim their lives? Just how many other faelings have been kidnapped, anyway, and what happened to them? And is there a way to make sure that their captors never put anyone else through this?

Back in the real world, Kayla, who learned long ago to trust her gut instincts, is absolutely certain that something is very wrong. The pattern in the list of missing friends is easy to spot, but makes no sense at all. Then a young woman turns up at the backyard gate who knows more than she should, and even though her explanation makes even less sense, every instinct tells Kayla that Riley is her only way to get them back. If they're not quite what they were, well, that's a bridge to cross later...

Just a little note about triggers: I'm a big believer in endings that are upbeat but not candy-coated, and not a fan of grim-and-gritty or of glamorized violence. These are adults in a difficult situation. However, no one gets raped, and the physical violence is, all things considered, fairly minimal. There is some harassment, sexual and otherwise, and also some mild restraint and mild verbal abuse. Complicating factors are generally wizardly or fae in nature.

If I need to warn you about gender in this being all over the map, some of it reality-based rather than fantasy-based, highly diverse sexuality, or that there is (especially later) some indirect fetish/BDSM imagery and honest character discussion, then you probably should just avoid everything I write. :-)

***On a somewhat longer hiatus than planned, thanks to 2022 hammering my household hard, but not abandoned, I promise! I did pause at a natural break in the story, so you could consider Volume 1 complete with Volume 2 to come. Sorry!*** <<less

Part One: The Fall of Humanity... more>>

It was the beginning of a new age, after a century of constant war, mankind was finally at peace. Her colonies united under Earth’s military dominion, piracy was virtually extinct and the economy was thriving. Then mankind made its first encounter with an alien race, the Cathamari. First contact was a disaster, and three months later, humanity was at war with an alien race. Two years have passed since then, and humanity is losing the war. Her colonies have been destroyed, most of her fleet is gone. Her last bastion is Earth itself. The planet is surrounded by debris fields from the war, laced with mines and booby traps. Fortified space stations, and the few ships Earth has left guard the planet. In secret, the people of Earth work on their only hope, a new type of ship capable of bringing the fight to the enemy. Earth was about to break the light barrier.
Part Two: Rebirth
Over seventy years have passed since the Battle for Earth. The years since than have hardened the survivors into a resourceful people. Now with only a single small fleet at their disposal, they search the far reaches of space for a new homeland from which to rebuild their civilization and prepare for their eventual return to Earth. However, will their resourcefulness be enough when they come face to face with their greatest foe, a menace so alien, that no one but themselves understand their motives? Or will they be destroyed, by an enemy far more powerful than themselves? <<less