Dema Stories

I am a citizen of Dema. I am an escapee. I have failed time and time again. I have never seen the world outside this city, but one day I hope to. One day I will. My friend Clancy is like me. He is a citizen of Dema. He is an escapee. He is an exception. He has seen the world outside these imposing walls. He tells me about these people he's seen. He hasn't been able to speak with them yet, but he gets closer with each escape. I'm going to ask him to take me the next time he goes. I want to see these people for myself. I want to know if we can survive outside of Dema. Because I want to live. Trigger Warnings Include: Violence, violence against children, abuse, implied sexual abuse, torture, murder, suicide, discussions of terrorism, animal killing, animal abuse, gore, and discussions of mental illnesses and disorders such as ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), PTSD, and C-PTSD.

WIP MY FIRST FIC MAY BE DOGSHIT TRIGGER WARNINGS: some blood, panic attack, swearing, angst, dirty jokes, not very descriptive smut, some mentions of self-harm/suicide post-city walls clancybearer AU i love clancybearer and cannot stop thinking about it i had to do something so don't shoot me AJR might be side characters idk i haven't got that far yet the cover is just a placeholder until i find a good picture, do the conversation thing on my page if you have a fanart for me :) i will credit you and take requests

Our lives... Our home... Our rebellion has been thrown into chaos. Nor has been left severely injured by Nills. Clancy's been taken by Nico. The Banditos are being hunted across Trench. Hope is scarce and hard to find in this time. The Neon Gravestones only seem to grow in numbers. Without our symbol of hope, things only become more dire by the day. There is still hope to be found though. There is still a cycle to be broken. There are still fires being lit. There are still things worth living for. Always.

Before the Maze, there was DEMA. Before the Glade, there was Trench. Nova had thought that she was out of the grasp of Dema, Nico, and the Bishops forever. She had met Torchbearer and together they started the Banditos, a group of rebellion and resistence. And they risked everything to save Clancy. And they failed. Now, stripped of their memories and separated from the lives they once knew, Nova and Torchbearer wake up in a place called the Glade. Through spiraling events, they, along with the Gladers, discover that the Maze is part of something much bigger than they imagined. Because WICKED isn't the only organization wathcing over them. And some paths are impossible to leave behind. torchbearer x fem!oc TØP DEMA lore x The Maze Runner started: 6/10/26 ended: ?????

Tyler Joseph x Female OC ~ Avery Holloway was a performer in more ways than one. Of course she performed with her band, but the real performance happened behind the scenes as she tried not to crack from the pressure of her own expectations. So she pushed, waiting years for her big break into the mainstream. Now, it seems that opening for Twenty One Pilots on the Clancy World Tour just might be it, but she hadn't considered what could happen off-stage- and neither did Tyler Joseph. ~ -USE DISCRETION WHEN READING- Potentially distressing topics relating to mental health will be discussed. Started: 1/23/26 Published: 2/25/26 Ended:

clancy is struggling. he wants to desperately escape all he knows and he wants to feel again.

Tyler and Josh have disappeared from trench, and Dema have won leaving the banditos in a state of panic, shock and disarray, all bar one. Zenith decides to take matters into their own hands and find their missing leaders and connect the missing dots, but all she has to go on is one message. Clancy is dead.... This was going to be a mission no bandito has ever been on. It was up to zenith now to uncover the clues through dangerous and new unknown territory's. Fearing the new dangers that could be coming her way. But what could possibly be worse than Dema? Each symbol by the chapter is an acronym. Something small and simple, but fun to figure out and a way to be more involved with the story. You can figure it all out along side zenith. But you control the story. Discuss your findings in the comments and what you think it means and what you feel zenith should do next. Good luck, bandito.

You're a Bandito. Tyler is in Dema. Escape is imminent. <><><><><><> •i created this world to feel some control destroy it if i want• <><><><><><> < written by chalupa, edited by jay >

Tyler refuses to give up. He won't stop until he finally escapes Dema. He's learned that he might not be able to do it alone. He convinces another acolyte imprisoned within the walls of Dema to help him escape, and get back to the Bandito's campground to reunite with his best friend. Will they make it? Or will this just be another failed perimeter escape. -written from a perspective of someone who believed in Vialism. They didn't know any better and thought that was the right way until Tyler was able to give them another option-

The first time, it was terrifying. The fifth time, it was routine. Tyler has to escape before it's too late, but will he even if it means he has to let go of the only clarity he has?

-Vance

Twenty years after Josh, Tyler and the Banditos escaped the confines of DEMA, a new wave of rebels has arisen, desperate for freedom. June and the other Banditos are on the brink of escape, and it would be a whole lot easier if the Bishops weren't set on their destruction. We'll win, but not everyone will get out...

Adam, Jack, and Ryan move to Dema because they heard that it could change their lives for the better. That was a lie. Now they have to fight for their lives to escape Dema and the bishops.

I AM NOT THE AUTHOR Transcripted version of Clancy's letters - by twenty one pilots

Trench was lonely enough by the light of day but now with the sun gone down, Tyler was sure the stars were watching him with sinister intent.

"Clancy froze. The Torchbearer froze. He shouldn't have done that..." Clancy is struggling out in Trench. And torchbearer can get sick of him.

My name is Alex Hazel, as assigned by Keons, the Bishop of my District. Like everyone else, I believed it all: that Vialism was the only truth, and that giving up my life was the greatest honour achievable: "to live fully is to sacrifice all". But since I signed The Pact, the oath to give my life for the honour and glory of Vialism at the next Annual Assemblage, something in me changed... Some unbending desire to know what is outside beyond the Wall grew, and some growing doubt that I could not suppress about Dema and its religion that I was brought up in. And then I stumbled across a mysterious man with a journal, and learned a myth of underground rebels called "The Banditos" were in fact not a myth at all, and everything I thought I knew was completely shattered. Now I have 5 days before the the day of my death... And I'm not sure if it's too late. _________ Trigger Warnings: Suicide Gore Violence This deals with extensive talk of suicide. If you feel you are in a sensitive position in regards to this, please do not read. Love you all and enjoy :] Cover by WALISZEWSKA on tumblr

"You'll have to come and find me." "Tyler? TYLER? Where are you, Tyler??"

Oneshot inspired by Fake You Out by Twenty One Pilots.

"salutations, i'm writing to say that Dema isn't a good place, i don't even know how i got here..." This story is about a 16 year old boy who had been taken to Dema, because he was a broken and lost soul, and with a little help from the other Bandito's he can escape the gloomy place that the Bishops run.