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Leo's biggest problem is the secret being kept from him that could change everything. And what does his stepfather Ryan have to do with this, or his mom Holly? Five years ago Leo's DNA was reprogrammed, and it wiped the slate clean. There's more to Leo than Brooklyn knows. And even more to Leo than he knows - about himself.
Tate · Drama · 21 ch
Yesterday, twenty-six-year-old Megumi Furukawa had the worst day of her life. Now she has awakened into a mysterious world, one filled with a menagerie of magical creatures hailing her as their Dark Goddess. Even stranger, she’s become an enormous dragon, imbued with power and abilities befitting her divine station. Too bad she can’t seem to use them for herself. She can’t even leave the cave temple she supposedly rules. The details in her mind are sketchy and muddled with memories not her own. Megumi knows her twin brother Hikaru is somehow at fault. He’s the key to her returning home. And he’s nowhere to be found. Updates Sundays at noon PST Author’s note 10-04-26: Welcome to my weekly serialized novel! Please leave comments with your responses after reading. The amazing cover art is hand drawn and painted by JWABeasley. Isn't it fabulous? Go check out his webcomic Etherwood, available on webtoon and comicfury.
SmilingWorg · Shoujo · 6 ch
Celvian was born into House Solmar of the Sun Clan, destined for divine glory. Instead, the Moon Goddess marked him - a blessing that became a curse in a world where her power is considered worthless. Stripped of everything he once was, Cel must survive in a world threatened by rift-creatures, where only Chosen Ones blessed by Gods stand between humanity and extinction. The Moon Goddess chose him for reasons beyond understanding. Whether that choice will forge him into a savior or twist him into something far more dangerous depends on how much of himself he is willing to give up.
Celastos · Fantasy · 46 ch
In a world where power determines destiny, magic follows laws that have remained unquestioned for thousands of years. But what if those laws reveal only a fraction of the truth? Beyond forgotten wars, divided worlds, and secrets never meant to be uncovered, a hidden truth lies waiting—one capable of shattering everything the world believes. Sometimes, the most dangerous power isn't the magic you possess, but the knowledge you were never meant to discover. And some truths cannot be buried, even by death.
The_lite · Fantasy · 5 ch
After dying in a tragic accident, Michael Yoon wakes in a world of magic, transmigrated into the body of Beira Braemar, the daughter of a powerful duke. Stripped of her old life and trapped in a body that finally reflects the person she always knew herself to be, Beira must navigate noble politics, dangerous magic, and a future already decided for her, including an engagement to a prince she doesn't remember. But something is wrong. Memories that aren’t hers surface without warning. Magic responds to her in ways it shouldn’t and unseen forces are beginning to move behind the scenes. Forces tied to ancient powers, twisted bargains, and something far older than the kingdom itself. As Beira struggles to reconcile who she was with who she’s becoming, she must decide: Is she living someone else’s life, or finally claiming her own? (Updates Saturdays at noon cst.) (I am also releasing this story on Scribblehub and Royal Road.)
PrincessArylin · Fantasy · 58 ch
The world ended while I was hungover… and dressed as a magical girl. It's not exactly how I planned to start my day. One minute I was waking up next to a bonfire with my friends, the next, everything, my home, my town, all of it, gone. Flattened. Stripped. Replaced with dirt and stone like it never existed. Then came the message, Earth had been claimed and harvested due to an error in paperwork. And the survivors? We were given a choice: Enter a massive, AI-controlled dungeon… or stay behind and figure out how long we could last with nothing left. I didn’t have supplies, didn’t have a plan, didn’t even have proper clothes, but I wasn’t about to sit around and starve so, I started walking. Now I’ve got my friends behind me, a horse that refuses to leave my side, and a countdown to get to the nearest entrance. I don’t know what’s waiting for us down there, but I do know one thing... If I’m going to survive the end of the world, I’m apparently doing it in heels. (Gonna be straight up with everyone, if you are familiar with the DCC novels then you should know what to generally expect. No, Carl and Donut will not make an appearance, this story happens at the same time and the dungeon is a big place. I am attempting to stay within the cannon though. Also, there will be a gender transformation, but it won’t happen until the start of the 3rd floor. However, that doesn't mean that the AI isn’t going to be trying to push the MC into it, after all, the AI finds the idea funny... Also, I hope this series inspires anyone who enjoys it and isn’t familiar with Dungeon Crawler Carl to pick up the first book and give it a try. Finally, a message to Matt Dinniman. I apologize in advance. At the very least, I hope if you ever come across this story it is weird enough for you.) (Credit where credit is due, the character design for the cover is by the talented Marudochi) (This novel is also being posted on Scribblehub and Royal Road)
PrincessArylin · Fanfiction · 26 ch
Every pirate has a dream. Every legend has a beginning. Arclight D. Kira is a young pirate with an impossible dream—to become the Strongest Man in the World. But standing at the top is a living legend, Lucien Voss, a man whose power once brought the entire Navy to its knees. With his childhood friends Renji, Sara Amamiya, and Haruto by his side, Kira sets sail to explore the unknown world, discover the legendary Grand Treasures, and challenge the man who stands between him and his dream. But the seas hold more than treasures and powerful enemies. Hidden secrets, forgotten legends, and mysteries surrounding the world's greatest pirates await him. Can a young pirate with an extraordinary destiny surpass the legends and claim the title of the Strongest Man in the World? His journey begins here. His dream will shake the world.
Tharun2011 · Adventure · 1 ch
What happens when the protagonist of a world dies? Will the world cease to exist? Or does it hold its crumbling pieces together in a desperate attempt to save itself? In a world where peace had finally become a reality, the man chosen by fate dies in an accident the world was never meant to allow. His death went unnoticed, unacknowledged by the world and the system that rules it. Until it was too late. As things go south and mana starts seeping into a world that is marching towards its demise, Kim Han — a man that was never supposed to mean anything in this story — finds himself facing a difficult situation. Unseen and uninterrupted by the fate that was withering, he must decide if he should quietly intervene in the tragedy that will unfold, or let the world choke under the weight of a story that will now never end.
Senyir · Fantasy · 9 ch
Set In a world where anyone can unlock extraordinary power called "Powers" with enough hard work, most people simply choose not to due to the difficulty in doing so. For a group that have, they soon realise there is much more going on in the world they live in than they had bargained for.
yfstudio · Action · 97 ch
Hell’s seven colours to rule Hell’s seven kingdoms. Red, Green, Grey, Blue, Yellow, White and Black. Satan, the ultimate lord and commander of all seven Kingdoms had made it so. No one remembered where the colours came from or when they last lived without them. It just became a way of life. The royal descendants, spawns of Satan, were born with the power to manipulate most Colours. Born with the power to submit most to their will. However, in order to ascend and become true Masters of Hell, they were to conquer all Colours and pass the final Test. No matter the cost. Over the years, Satan himself lost many of his own children to the Test, but it was the iron law. It could not be changed. There were some whispers. Predictions foretold. A rare human soul, joined with one of Satan’s children, would bring an end to his reign.
JeeChay · Romance · 9 ch
She saved his life. But who will save hers? Caterina Civell possesses a rare healing power that can suppress even the kingdom's most dreaded disease. When Saphriel Clarison, the son of a powerful Grand Duke, becomes her patient, she never imagines that saving him will cost her the life she once dreamed of. As Saphriel grows stronger, Caterina watches her own freedom slip away, trapped by a duty she never chose. Years of sacrifice can change a person. And when kindness gives way to bitterness, neither wealth nor power can undo the damage. In a kingdom of dangerous abilities, aristocratic rivalries, and battles where even the strongest can fall, two lives remain bound by a past neither can simply escape. He was given the chance to live. She was left wondering what it means to be alive.
Jake501 · Action · 2 ch
It's a story you've read before. Boy meets boy, and both boys fall in love. Yes, but what if they were to fall in love no matter what? A series of short stories about the same characters falling in love over and over again despite different settings and circumstances.
ShinMeiko · Romance · 22 ch
Lin Xiaoyu died smashed on a Shanghai street, phone still in hand. He wakes up in the body of a minor cultivation world side character, the sect leader's husband, three months married, and roughly one insult away from being discarded to save face. The problem: nobody actually likes this marriage. Not the sect elders, who think their leader married beneath his cultivation. Not the leader's insufferable "senior brother" and one-true-love-that-never-was, who's very publicly still around. And especially not the original Lin Xiaoyu, who apparently spent three months crying in the west courtyard instead of doing anything useful. New Xiaoyu has zero interest in crying. He has modern day pettiness, a business degree, and absolutely nothing to lose. If the sect wants a trophy husband, they're getting one who slaps faces, flips tables, and much to everyone's alarm, including his own, slowly make the terrifying, emotionally constipated Sect Leader Jiang Heng fall in love with the husband he married for political convenience.
WenSun · Yaoi · 2 ch
In a world ruled by magic, a scientist must survive without any. Axure Saint Avante was a genius Scientist who created an invention that revolutionised humanity. Then without warning, he found himself in a world of magic, monsters and mystery. Entangled with a royal family and caught between religious wars and false prophets, he must turn to the one thing this world doesn’t understand: science. Forced to build weapons of destruction just to survive, he begins to unravel the twisted history of this world. And the truth behind his arrival. He doesn’t belong here. He never wanted to stay here. All he wanted was to go home.
SidzWrites · Fantasy · 48 ch
Evon Pérez is the prime example of an incompetent fool, a slacker who charmed his way through life and left others to clean up his messes. He may have all of Reflector society wrapped around his little finger, but that doesn't mean he's good at his job as this generations Mirror. At least, that's how Florian sees him. As the right hand of Evon, Florian gets all up close and personal with all of Evon's "adventures" and has to deal with the consequences too. He is done with picking up the broken pieces of Evon's mishaps, and wants to go his own way. He hates that fate has been dragging him around by the collar ever since he was 14, ready for something new. But when large amounts of Scryers start popping up around the country, he's forced to reconsider his feelings about Evon and maybe, just maybe, pick up the call of fate.
idiosinkrasies · Magical Realism · 9 ch
Cheryl Sakurai is a young woman with a fondness for portal fantasies. Her two friends are harmless theorists who think a cartoon character named "Jax" from a show called The Amazing Digital Circus is a trans woman they nickname Daisy. One day, Cheryl wakes up in another universe. Here, her friends think a flesh-and-blood popstar named Daisy Butler is a closeted lesbian. Oh, and they want to murder her boyfriend. … Also on Wattpad, Tumblr, and Tapas!
SnarkyLisa · Drama · 20 ch
People say every person dies twice. The first time when their heart stops. The second time when they are forgotten. Vael learned that earlier than most. In the rain-soaked megacity of Nexarum, he lives with a curse that allows him to hear the final words people will ever speak. Most are meaningless. Some are horrifying. But one night, inside a Dead Scene where reality twists into nightmare, he hears a silver-haired girl whisper: “Thank you for finding me again.” The problem is she says it like they have already loved each other across countless ruined worlds. As the city collapses beneath endless rain, fractured timelines, and horrors born from abandoned stories, Vael is dragged into a war against the inevitable end of humanity itself. And at the center of it all stands a girl trying desperately not to fall in love with the boy destined to erase himself for her sake. Because in every timeline, the world ends. And in every ending... Vael dies for her.
Arthur04 · Fantasy · 8 ch
Caelen Vance was supposed to die in Chapter One. Not metaphorically. Not “almost died but awakened hidden powers” died. Actually executed. Publicly. By axe. Unfortunately for the plot, Caelen remembers the game he reincarnated into. And unfortunately for the world, he just unlocked the single most broken ability imaginable: Endless Concept Extraction Touch anything. Steal one of its concepts. Permanently. Sharpness from swords. Durability from shields. Intent to Kill from monsters. Later? Luck. Identity. Memories. Even Divine Authority itself. There’s only one catch: He can only extract once every 24 hours. Now trapped inside the brutal dark-fantasy RPG Apocalypse: Reforged as a talentless noble bastard with a dead mana core and a 30-day countdown to execution, Caelen has exactly one goal: Survive quietly. Get rich illegally. Avoid every main character. Retire before the apocalypse. Naturally, everything goes horribly wrong. The future Ice Tyrant overseeing his execution becomes suspicious of him. The regressed heroine meant to save the world thinks he’s a timeline-breaking demon. A terrifying demon assassin starts living inside his shadow after he accidentally frees her from slavery. And a merchant genius keeps trying to convert emotional intimacy into legally binding business contracts. Now Caelen must survive political conspiracies, eldritch horrors, noble assassins, and the increasingly violent cold war between four dangerously competent women all while pretending he is absolutely, definitely, completely normal. Which becomes difficult after he accidentally removes a monster’s “Intent to Kill” and gives it an existential crisis. After all… It’s hard to stay a background character when you’re secretly stealing the concepts holding the world together.
Arthur04 · Fantasy · 14 ch
Expect: - Found family - A morally complex lead - DIY bunker takedowns that turn into something way deeper - An ensemble cast of survivors The wrong people survived the end of the world. Madeleine is going to fix that. Sixteen-year-old Madeleine has already lost everything. Her family. Her future. Her faith in humanity. The only thing left: revenge. And a book that delivers exactly what its title promises: 101 Doomsday Bunkers & How to Raid Them. When the apocalypse hits, Madeleine learns fast that surviving it was the easy part. Surviving those who survived it is a whole different beast. She saves her classmates, seizes the first doomsday bunker by locking its legitimate owners out to die, and forges the Leftover Legion—a bunch of kids who realize they're all orphans now. But they've found a new family. And a purpose: turning bunkers into a war machine on skates, leveling up with every raid, getting ready for the boss fortress, where only Madeleine knows what awaits them. They must learn to fight as family, knowing that every raid could take one of them away. A Psychological Survival LitRPG (Found Family - Ice Wasteland - Base-Building) saga where the apocalypse is only level one, and a bunch of ragtag kids fight to reclaim a world stolen by the rich and powerful.
Yubens · Apocalypse · 30 ch
Ash lived believing he was carrying something he never should have had to. He couldn’t let it go, and he called it a burden. He never admitted what it really was. One day, Ash started hearing a voice in his head. It offered him a way to awaken his soul and become one of those who had everything in life, who lived as they wished. Free. But Ash’s soul hadn’t awakened naturally, and a forced awakening carried great risks. He couldn’t take them, not while he was bound to the lives of three others. So the voice made a offer: a way with no risk at all.
sky · Fantasy · 4 ch