Chapter 21
~I changed a bit of stuff in Chapter 20, because Alicent’s POV was a bit of a leap as I read it again~
RHAENYRA TARGARYEN
The grief from her mother’s death still lingered heavily in her heart. A few days had passed since the funeral, as Rhaenyra found herself all alone in the castle that was her home. Riding on ...
2024-09-01 16:08:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 73
MINATO NAMIKAZE
After Akihito’s revelations about their real enemy lurking in the shadows, Minato looked up all he could on the man known as Madara Uchiha. He was taken aback by the man's sheer fear. Minato Namikaze was strong. He was amongst the few shinobi in the world who had achieved the SS rank in the bingo boon, the only shinobi a...
2024-08-31 16:36:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 40
LADY JESSICA ATREIDES
When word had first come that the Emperor wished for House Atreides to relocate to Arrakis, she knew that their future was over. It was a death sentence, and she had advised Leto to rebuff the Emperor’s command and escape into the vast galaxy.
And yet he had denied her that, choosing to walk into the trap kno...
2024-08-30 12:46:57 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 20
Alicent's POV has been changed. because I do think Alicent should not be able to think straight away And this corrects the narrative problem that even I was beginning to see.
OTTO HIGHTOWER
Otto Hightower rushed towards his daughter’s room, furious at the failure of his plans, and at the guards for letting that confrontation betwe...
2024-08-29 12:24:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 32
ASHARA DAYNE
Ashara had considered her life forfeit all those years ago. And now, as she lived, having the opportunity to spend every day with the man he loved, she considered them all a blessing. It was a fought blessing that had come at a great cost, most of it born by her lord husband sitting infront of her.
And he continued to b...
2024-08-28 17:53:40 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 22
MAYUMI SAEGUSA
Mayumi sat there beside the bed of her dear friend Mari as she lay there unconscious after the physicians provided her with the basic care needed. As they had been watching the first-year event, the Female Battle Board Race had begun. Battle Board was a water-based racing game in which one had to surf on an aquatic race tra...
2024-08-27 18:25:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 72
AKIHITO SHIRAHOSHI
The journey to the land of Iron was quiet and contemplative. Each person in his retinue knew of the danger that lingered for them, knew of the war set to happen, and though Maito Dai was rather unique in trying to cheer up the mood, even he had given up rather quickly, realising that this was not the usual kind of crowd...
2024-08-27 16:14:55 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 39
CHANI KYNES
The kanji challenge by Paul—or whomever he truly was—caused a major ruckus everywhere. The Fremen were wroth at the Atreides men and women, deeming Paul's actions a great betrayal, and already rifts had begun to appear within the Fremen-Atreides alliance that had toppled the Emperor and Harkonnens.
All this was exagg...
2024-08-26 15:51:11 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 19
ALICENT HIGHTOWER
The Sun had set, and the darkness of the night had begun to spread its wings. Nearly two days since the Queen’s passing, and even now, the whole castle was in a somber mood, especially the Princess, who had recused herself to her room after the short funeral proceedings.
However, now, apart from sorrow, weariness...
2024-08-25 15:20:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 71
JIRAIYA-The Toad Sage
There was a time when the world seemed to be going in a circle. The times of war and peace followed each other like seasons and seemed to be becoming the new norm. Peace, the very purpose of creating the Hidden Villages, became a pipe dream as conflicts of clans turned into conflict of villages, and though this time ...
2024-08-24 16:45:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 38
INZAL KAZAB CORRINO
After accepting the challenge of kanli, Inzal found himself in his solar with most of his closest aides alongside him as Lady Jessica hounded her son for answers.
“What is the meaning of this, Paul?” she shouted and screamed. The boy in question simply sat there, unbothered by the ruckus around him, staring I...
2024-08-23 15:45:38 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 21
SHIBA MIYUKI
The beginning of the Nine School Competition had been rocky for First High. The attack on their vans had decimated morale until Inie-kun and President Mayumi stepped forward and relit the fire of passion in their hearts.
And now, with the competition entering the second day, things have turned around. The President’s ...
2024-08-22 16:57:41 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 31
KEVAN LANNISTER
Kevan Lannister had served the Crown for a decade, acting as the Master of Coin. He had seen firsthand the fate of the Targaryen regime and the Royal line transform infront of his eyes. The treasury had gone from being nearly emptied after the Rebellion, with the Crown nearly going bankrupt, to flush with Gold from all the...
2024-08-21 17:36:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 20
MAYUMI SAEGUSA
The Nine School Competition was set to begin in a second, and Mayumi was about to embark on the first challenge, Speed shooting. A specialty of her. And yet today for the first time in three years she entered the arena with a heavy heart as the burden of the incident from yesterday still lay heavy on her heart.
Inei-k...
2024-08-20 19:27:26 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 70
MIKOTO UCHIHA
When the sirens of war had rung once again, Mikoto had imagined the worst as she held onto her new babe with all her might, holding it near to her body as she imagined the bloody conflict up ahead.
Many in Konoha were tired of the constant wars, yet their daimyo had been attacked during a peace parley, and Konoha neede...
2024-08-20 16:24:53 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 37
CHANI KYNES
Chani felt her consciousness return to her as she found her face splattered on the sand, and she tried to remember just how she had gotten in this position. And as her memory cleared up, like the fog in her vision, alarm bells rang out in her head as she remembered the last words spoken to her by Pau—no, that thing.
It...
2024-08-19 16:51:25 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 18
ARNOLD ARRYN
There was a time when Arnold had imagined himself ruling over the mountainous Vale, restoring the prestige of the Arryn name as he rescued his House from the crutches of his weak cousin.
Vale was a hard place, one which had no place for weak women. No woman had ever sat on the wierwood throne to rule as the Lady of the ...
2024-08-18 17:43:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 69
MATATABI-The Two Tails
To Matatabi, humans were detestable. They were primitive beings filled with greed and malice, each hungry for power and influence. There was a time when she, and the rest of her brethren thought themselves as guardians of the humans, burdened with protecting by their father.
And yet, as the years went by and h...
2024-08-17 18:39:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 36
CHANI KYNES
Chani paced as she waited for Paul to wake up. Each passing second made her question the stupidity of his decision, yet she could do little but pace as time trickled away and she watched the love of her life lay limp on the ground.
And just as she turned away, she saw him wake up, his eyelids fluttering, and she raced to...
2024-08-16 07:09:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 17
ALICENT HIGHTOWER
The death of Queen Aemma Arryn had hit everyone hard, especially Rhaenyra, who had been apoplectic when she had heard of the news. She was there when the servant had come to inform them of the tragedy, and immediately, Rhaenyra had rushed into the castle. despite the attempts from various servants and acolytes, she had e...
2024-08-15 18:31:58 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 30
TEN YEARS LATER
ELIA MARTELL
Much had changed in the city in the last ten years. The spiraling capital, the symbol of House Targaryen's power, had been a city cursed with a nauseating stench and infrastructure built without planning.
More specifically, that was the case ten years ago; now, the city has complet...
2024-08-14 18:05:31 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 68
FUSHIO SUZUKI-The Water Daimyo
There was a time when the prospect of a Shogunate had seemed like nothing but a pipe dream. An impossibility that none would ever get to witness, and yet now, as he read the official letter of invitation from the Fire daimyo calling on him and all the other great daimyos for a Grand Council, the first of its...
2024-08-13 17:37:47 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 19
SAEGUSA MAYUMI
Mayumi watched in horror as the ambulances drove away with the injured students while many continued to be treated in a few ambulances that were still present as the burning remains of the first-year contestant bus were pushed to the side.
“How could this happen?” she gasped out.
“There was a bomb,” answ...
2024-08-12 19:22:47 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 35
SHISHAKLI
There were times when things were simpler, when the whole purpose of their movement was to gain independence for the Fremen, and even during those initial times, Inzal always made a single statement.
“It is easier to win freedom, but what is more difficult is keeping it.”
And only now, months after the great libe...
2024-08-12 15:42:40 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 16
ALICENT HIGHTOWER
The tourney of the heir had begun, and Kingslanding was filled with lords and ladies from all over the continent, each ready to make his own mark in history. The ladies, on the other hand, were here to cheer on the knights of their own choosing, anointing onto them their favors so that they may gain good fortune.
M...
2024-08-11 12:09:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 34
CHANI KYNES
Paul’s decision to leave her behind and undergo the trial of the Sayyadina had been a shock. Yet Shani was anything but a damsel in distress and so had decided to follow the fool, vowing to help him in his struggle against the powers that revolved around him.
She had traversed through the city using the ODM gear, hopin...
2024-08-10 15:21:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 67
KUSHINA UZUMAKI
“It’s over,” she told the Hachibi jinchuriki as she sensed the Raikage’s chakra grow static, hence marking the end of his fight with Minato. The fighting had taken a toll on him as well, yet he seemed fine as she loosened her chains and jumped back as the Eight-Tails jinchuriki stood up.
“So, brother lost,...
2024-08-09 19:32:18 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 18
MORISAKI SHUN
Morisaki Shun was a member of the numbered clans and was hailed as one of the prodigies of his clan. He had expected that coming to First High would allow him to cement his place in the upper echelons of the Magician Society of Japan, and yet that hope had been dashed on the first day.
Shiba Miyuki, the black-haired to...
2024-08-08 20:24:45 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 29
INTERLUDE
ALLYRIA DAYNE
Allyria Dayne had rarely ever seen anything so beautiful as the love between her sister and Prince Daemon Targaryen. Her sister’s affection for the Prince had been evident from the first letter she had received from her after she had accompanied Princess Elia to the capital.
The Gods ...
2024-08-07 18:06:16 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 17
SHIBA MIYUKI
After the whole Blanche incident, things at school returned to normal, and the administration and the school began their preparations for the Nine School Competition. It was one of the most religiously watched sporting events in Japan and was a point of contention and pride for all the participating students.
First High...
2024-08-06 20:26:12 +0000 UTC
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