Floatingcity Stories

Three heirs. Only one crown. Raised beneath the eyes of the court and the weight of expectation, Quinn has always known the garden would choose her. Her composure is legend. Her bloodline is secure. Her blade was steady. But tradition is never so obedient. Princess Harriet, sick with a curse no healer can name, trades places with Lunette, a girl who should never have existed at court at all. Stolen at birth, raised in shadows, Lunette now wears silks and secrets, standing in for a royal she barely knows in a world that would destroy her if it knew the truth. And Leni? Leni was never meant to stand among heirs. Wild as wind and storm, the overlooked daughter is drawn by something older, a magic pulsing in her bones, answering a call the others cannot hear. When the vine-threshold opens and the Choosing begins, the ruin stirs. Each girl carries a secret. Each path demands a cost. And deep beneath the moonlit branches, the garden watches, waiting to decide who is worthy, who is false, and who must be unmade.

For four thousand years, the city of Eldrith has floated in a star-choked void, protected by the violet light of the Foundation Arch. The citizens believe they are the last safe haven in the universe. They are wrong. Lyra Galen is a spatial magus of the High Ridge, a prodigy born to pluck the fabric of reality and uphold a legacy of unyielding stone. Her life is one of prestige and pressure-until the Festival of Awakening goes wrong. A shockwave from the void plunges the city into darkness, leaving the foundations of Eldrith shivering in the silence. Magic in Eldrith flows from Lumen, a radiant particle that reacts with each citizen's DNA to grant unique abilities-and without it, even the most skilled magus struggles. While the Great Houses hunt for a scapegoat, the city's elite turn their eyes toward the only instability they've ever known: Ewan, Lyra's quiet, fragile brother. To the world, Ewan is a "sickly bird" who withers when the city's light grows too bright. To Lyra, he is the only person worth protecting in a world built on ancient pride. But as the air begins to thin and Lumen-Dysphoria takes hold, Lyra discovers that the fracture in the stone is nothing compared to the lies buried in her own home. A three-hundred-year-old secret is bleeding through the cracks of the manor.

In the floating city of Aethera, where the skies shimmer with magic and ancient secrets, a young orphan named Kaelen discovers that his bloodline holds the key to unlocking an ancient power hidden in the heart of the floating mountains. Thrust into a world of magical academies, mythical creatures, and ancient prophecies, Kaelen must navigate through trials of heart, mind, and magic to unlock his destiny.

Aethergate is a floating city hailed as a holy miracle-where humanity didn't advance through machines, but through Lumen, a living power shaped by will, emotion, and pressure. Recruits from every kingdom gather beneath its Quiet Laws to climb a brutal ladder of strength: Knot → Chain → Anchor, each rank a massive leap in power, each step harder to earn than the last. Kairo arrives as just another candidate... except something about him feels wrong in a way no test can explain. His strength is unnatural, his control too clean, and the world around him reacts like it's being pulled off balance. In a city built on discipline, that kind of presence draws attention-especially when strange incidents begin creeping closer to the academy's walls. Alongside him is Serin Auvray, a brilliant exchange recruit from Veyloria, threading her way through the ranks with precision and secrets of her own. In Aethergate, power isn't just talent. It's weight. And the higher you rise, the less the city can tell you who to be.

Tiana slowly losing hope on being alive. She felt lost and sad.In a neverending dilemma, she decided to travel far to where people don't know about her. There she found a mysterious men, Luke. Together they encounter an unexpected dangerous journey on their one month travel to Venice. ........................... "Tiana!!! Tiana!!! Can you hear me?!!Where are you?!!!" Luke shouted distressed. Police car appear before him, "Hello sir. Are you the one who call 911?" "Yes I was the one who called. Please help! Tiana have gone missing for 3 hours, I've tried calling her phone but she never answered, I've ask around if anyone have seen her but no one have seen none, that's impossible this is tourist attractions a lot of people come here why haven't anyone see Tiana?!" "Sir you need to calm down" said police officer 1. "I am calm down, why don't you guys check the cctv surveillance? They won't let me check." "Okay come with us now, sir?" Police officer 2. "Luke" He said. "Okay sir Luke you can come with us" -security office- "What? Why can't you search for her? She's clearly being kidnapped??!"Luke shouted angrily. "I'm sorry sir there's nothing we could do" said police officer 2. "What do you mean?? You guys are police officer?? What do you mean you can't search for her?!" The police officers stare at each other. "We can do nothing sir, as you can see she's not being kidnapped, she's chosen." Luke slam the table and angrily asked, "What the h*ll are you talking about?!" A/N Hye! I'm Zaza. This is my first story ever, so you all bear with me if its kinda boring. well there's nothing I could do about it. (⁠~⁠￣⁠³⁠￣⁠)⁠~ so yeah enjoy the READS!

I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was scavenging for scraps in the dump piles when I heard a yelp. The voice was much less raspy than everyone who lives down here and I was curious. I slowly crept through the trash silently, hiding behind a large hunk of metal. I looked through a small opening in the peice to see a girl around my age with curly blonde hair and impractical clothes. She looked like what we see in picture books found in the dump piles. There were bows in her hair and frills on her dress. She looked towards me and gasped, starting to shake. Then I knew where she came from. She came from the city, she fell from above.

this is for a friend.😂 I hate you so much.

When pandemics hit too often and too fast, death becomes inevitable. Have teens Catalina and Sawyer found a refuge? Afloat in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the tech utopia of New Atlantis has been developed by the super-rich to isolate themselves, their families, and those who serve them from plagues devastating the rest of the world. No one comes aboard without an invitation. No one dares to leave. You'll love this dystopian young adult tale, because even billionaires can't afford paradise. Special thanks to DALL-E for the cover and banner art. OK, there may be some backwards ears and 4-toed feet, but that's just the AI version of artistic expression.

Just a short story I wrote for a school project.

In Aetherion, a floating city ruled by gears and ritual, time never slips-until it does. When a young man finds a hidden artifact that shouldn't exist, the city's old paths begin to shift. Maps rewrite, doors awaken, and the clock that once kept order now demands proof of worth. But when the city deems him 'unsuitable,' his true journey begins-not to fix Aetherion, but to listen to what the sky forgot.

Eile, Derius, Serien, Chrono, are the best of friends in an steampunk era, who later find out that there are floating cities and underground Towns when they meet an unusual friend

In the floating city of Celestia, where time is as malleable as the eternal twilight sky, Detective Lyra Nightshade thought she'd seen it all. But when citizens start vanishing into thin air, leaving behind only shimmering temporal residue, she's thrust into a mystery that defies the very laws of reality. Joined by Zephyr Stormwind, a roguish sky pirate with a hidden past, and a cast of allies each harboring their own secrets, Lyra must unravel the truth behind the disappearances before time itself unravels. As they delve deeper, they discover a cosmic conspiracy that spans all of history - and all possible futures. The Echoes of Eternity are stirring, and Lyra finds herself at the heart of a temporal storm that threatens not just Celestia, but the very fabric of existence. With each tick of the clock, the stakes grow higher. Ancient prophecies, forbidden artifacts, and shadowy organizations all converge on a single, reality-shattering moment. Can Lyra embrace her destiny as the Echo of Eternity and save not just her world, but all possible worlds? Dive into a thrilling sci-fi fantasy where time travel meets detective noir, where every choice echoes across infinite timelines, and where the fate of eternity itself hangs in the balance. "The Echoes of Eternity" will keep you on the edge of your seat - and make you question the very nature of time itself.

A story about a girl (Amara Sai) and her friends who travel to forbidden lands owned by faeries and monsters.

A floating city with smog-laced skies. A powerful family with deadly secrets. One mad inventor. Fifteen-year-old Cadence Roux loves to invent weird and wacky gadgets -- although they love to blow up in his face. One day, his accidental bomb explodes in public, sentencing him to exile in the Trash District; but a mysterious white-haired girl saves him just in time. As he learns about this girl's secrets, Cadence discovers a chance to cure his terminally-ill brother from a deadly disease. But in a city filled with clocks, how much time does Cadence truly have left before loss?

A floating city, chained to the side of a mountain with massive, warded chains made of ancient metal. A student from another kingdom, come to one of the city's many magical academies. The simmering undercurrent of tension begins to rise as the city of Thalariel is faced with an uprising of its overlooked underclasses, and a trio of kids are caught in the middle of a revolution. Or is it something deeper, something more ancient than any of them could have imagined? "The chains never break," the city says, half prayer and half plea. Who made the chains, and for what purpose do they bind the city? What happens when the ones responsible for their maintenance and repair begin to revolt against the much less visible, and ever tightening chains that bind them to the city itself?

Raven and her sister are determined to become time travelers, but everything falls apart when their kingdom is attacked. Raven is stranded in another time, trapped with her worst enemy. The future seemed clear to her before, but soon she realizes that there was more to the story than she ever could have imagined. Note: I'd love to get some feedback to improve my writing! This is a first draft and it has not yet been edited. I have marked this as being ongoing because all chapters have been released but it is still in the process of being edited. I will re-upload each chapter after I finish editing.

James, a man in his early twenties, is the protector of his town and the sky city of Windfall. All was well, say for a few pirate attacks. And then an unknown enemy came from the stars and attacked Windfall, but an ally came as well.

Ruffian. Ragamuff. Theif. Dominic Gruff Mclual has been called all of these things. He travels the vast skies in his faithful steamship, pilfering and conning. When he is accused by Blue Coats of a mysterious murder that he didn't commit, he finds himself in the inter workings of a secret plot masterminded by one of the richest men in Greater New England, and his world is turned inside out. © J. Lorrain Doyle

On the floating island of Celestaris, young acolyte Sevrien discovers a hidden vault of banned magic. Mentored in secret, he flees corruption to save his village, only to uncover greater betrayals. Joined by rebel allies, he confronts the empire he once served. Epic fantasy of forbidden knowledge, resistance, and redemption. #Fantasy #Magic

The year was 2047 and our world was a disastrous war zone for the greediest men and women. Our homes demolished by warfare, our friends and families decimated to dust, and our population knocked down to a dwindling few hundred. The world as we knew it was ending all around us, left in horrid condition; rubbish surrounded the wasteland that we used to call Earth. We began to rebuild our world and worked together to create a new home for our future generations. But how will we survive when our rights are so limited and our government is keeping secrets and is corrupted?