Ruins Stories

The world is breaking. Lyra didn't expect to be part of it. When unnatural fractures begin tearing through reality-bringing creatures that shouldn't exist-she is forced onto a path that leads far beyond survival. And straight into them. A traveler who fights like he's been running from something for far too long... and keeps his distance, even when danger keeps pulling them closer. A warrior who refuses to fall, no matter how much it costs her. A scholar chasing truths most people have long abandoned. The journey east should be about answers. About the Veil. About the fractures tearing the world apart. But the longer they travel together- the more dangerous everything becomes. Trust begins to fracture. Secrets refuse to stay buried. And something slow, unspoken, and impossible to ignore starts to grow between them. Because in a world where everything is falling apart... getting close to someone might be the greatest risk of all. And some bonds- once formed- don't break. They destroy.

In a dystopian future, an acidic flood reigns and the only signs of old life lie in the deep. Alex -an outcast with an inquisitive mind and a set of strangely specific skills - must navigate a world where she is shunned from the safety of the domes and stuck in the water. One day, while exploring a set of deep-sea ruins, she is haunted by a mysterious spirit; a spirit that seems to be warning her of something. The problem is, this ancient being doesn't seem to have any memory of its previous life. With a newly-possessed fish at her side, she must now uncover a secret organisation, find out what it means to do and save both humans and spirits from their plans. --- This is my entry for the Open Novella Contest 2026. Prompts used: 93, 86 (I have listed them in the author's note) --- #1 oceanpunk | 19/2/26 #1 explorer | 19/2/26 #1 deepsea | 23/2/26 #1 flood | 10/3/26 #2 climatechange | 1/3/26 #2 acid | 10/3/26 --- © 2026 | This is original work. Any references to other persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Please do not adapt in any way without the author's permission.

A Resident Evil Requiem teaser I wrote to liven up the wait. Naomi is a hitman sent to Raccoon City to eliminate her next target, but the odds seem completely against her when she discovers that nothing is what it seems and her journey leads her to discover the horrors hidden in her past and that of "so many others." • Main character: Naomi • 2nd person • Short story: 12 chapters • Very short chapters: ~200 words June-July 2025

Sometimes we make mistakes in the past that cannot be forgotten, no matter how much we apologize, there is no forgiveness for those mistakes and Jungkook has made some such mistakes due to which he is dying a little inside every day but he is not getting forgiveness from that one person. But the past can never be irreparable. Hello dear readers this is my first Taekook fanfiction, I hope you like it and support me. In this story you guys found everything love, hate, revenge, betrayal, friendship etc. So get ready for a thrilling journey. And a very important thing is that this is not a fluff, who want fluff, leave it it's not your cup of tea friend Top- Jeon Jungkook Bottom- Kim Taehyung

The day Jade stumbles upon a forgotten temple and the god once worshiped there, her life changes forever. She's finds herself with a curse and no choice but to work with the mischievous god if she hopes to break it. However, he has an agenda of his own, and nothing is quite as it seems.

It is 2083. The world is almost in ruins from the last world war. It almost completely destroyed all human life except for a small group of about 3,000. These 3,000 live in a small community in North America. River Townsend lives among them with her family. Then one day, she vanishes. She wakes up to find herself apparently hundreds of miles from The Community in a place full of odd and terrifying medical experiments. Follow her story as she finds friends, courage, even romance on her quest to escape.

Edwin Rowe has lost everything - his family, his future, and his sense of purpose. On the night of his father's funeral, he is visited by a black cat who speaks, eats like royalty and guides him to a ruin. There, an ancient artifact awakens and speaks his name. It offers him a choice - one that could decide the fate of more than just his world. ONC 2026 (Keep in mind, this piece of writing is my very first and serves as a learning lesson to me. There would be times that the words of the chapters change multiple times over the course of the entire 12 weeks period because of the same reasons.)

The city beneath the mountain was never abandoned. It was waiting. Behind a forgotten waterfall, Detective Elena Rivera discovers an abandoned shelter that should not exist on any map. What begins as a routine investigation quickly turns into something far more dangerous when she finds a hidden passage leading deep beneath the mountain. Below the surface lies a buried city - ancient, silent, and still alive. Guided by strange systems, hunted by unknown machines, and accompanied by archaeologist Adrian Keller and the mysterious Marcus Shaw, Elena uncovers a civilization that never truly disappeared. Instead, it placed itself in suspension, waiting for the moment when someone would return to decide its fate. But the city was not abandoned. Its laws still function. Its guardians still move in the dark. And its people - or what remains of them - are still waiting for judgment. As ancient factions awaken and a secret buried for centuries threatens to break the world above, Elena realizes the truth: She was not meant to discover the city. She was meant to judge it.

PROMPTS USED: MAIN: 97. When the world slips into endless darkness, something begins to move in the shadows and you must find a way to survive in a night that never ends SIDE: 93. Buried beneath the ruins lies an artifact that whispers the memories of an ancient being. The first memory it reveals is a warning and it's meant for you. 104. While wandering through the woods, you dismiss the rustling behind you as nothing more than the wind until you turn around and realize it isn't the wind at all.

The world is in ruins. New York, the once lively city is now just a pile of rubble. The only thing that stands is Lady Liberty, who inspires the living people of America to stand and fight for survival. The few people who survive the catastrophe head underground in bunkers. All of Gregor's family is dead, except for his beloved sisters, Lizzie, and Boots. Fearing for his sister's safety, he takes them to the Underland. In the Underland he finds, a new prophecy, one of gnawers. He must find a special plant, or else, all the gnawers could perish.

"When do you miss him most?" "When don't I miss him at all?" How had they come so far, just to shut each other out again? Why had he even tried to get close, knowing it would never work out? Why had Levi changed for someone who could never do the same? Why had Levi lost his mind over someone who didn't mind losing him? but most importantly, why had Levi left the world behind at 16?

When Rey buried the lightsabers, it was over. A millennium has passed since the last embers of the Skywalker line faded beneath the shifting sands. Time swallowed their names. Legends thinned into whispers. The galaxy moved on. But the desert remembers. Beneath dunes older than any map, something stirs, a pulse, faint but insistent, like a heartbeat trapped in stone. The wind carries fragments of forgotten battles. The suns rise over a world that should have been quiet, yet the ground trembles with the weight of an awakening no one alive can explain. What Rey laid to rest was never meant to sleep forever.

Unknown monsters from deep within the depths of a ruined Earth have surfaced. They've been destroying everyone and everything in their path.

[Read Nico's Grief and Guilt first] Nico and Will fell into the darkness of the dungeon of Akeldama, a hidden dungeon right beneath the ogre and ghost world of Beachside Sanity. As Nico and Will navigate through the maze like dungeon, Nico starts to fade and it becomes a race against time in trying to find the one plant that stops the fading, to stop Nico from disappearing into nothingness.

True Chaos Tale by Peyton Swaney I Hope you all Enjoy

A romance between two people trying to live. A story about what happens when you try to run away from ones self. A story that shouldn't exist but dose.... "I love you" "You said that before too." "I actually mean it this time..." ".And you want me to believe that?" "No, I know you won't. I said it because I wanted to hear it back. I said it because I just wanted you to know it." "I know it now. So, it would be better if you leave." ................................................................................................................................................................... "Thank god you didn't leave" "I hate you bastard" "I love you trice." "Shut up." "As you command my lady!"

Who is Code 192? Can he live? Can he outlive? In the midst of the COVID-19 apocalypse, see a world like never before. Each step takes you closer to death and all you want to do is get an identity; even if it's carved in blood. So, meet us where it all is, in THE WORLD OF BEGINNINGS! Welcome to the Corvus Spectre. #LivingKills

In the near future the entire world is conquered by a group of people known as Royalties, or the Royals for short. They declared war on the planet. If you were not with them, you were against them. by the end of the 21st century the world was utter chaos and anyone who did not follow the laws to the letter were taken away by the Keepers. Part ninja, part spy, part soldier, the Keepers were brainwashed citizens raised from 8 months old to be able to apprehend anyone. Only 87% made it through training. The population was cut into 6 groups, one for each block, each the size of a continent. Every other healthy child was marked at birth to become a Keeper. Children were often sent to other blocks to keep the population exactly even, but not always. Rebellions rose but were extinguished quickly, before they even really started. Eventually the only hope was a single underground rebellion until even that began to disappear.

all art is by me Allison, tired of her daily struggles sits down to finish up a run of undertale the final cutscene concludes and she goes to reset when something happens! She finds that she is no longer in her home. Will she muster up the CORAGE and PERSEVERE through this unknown terrain? Will she show INTEGRITY and be PATIENT towards others mistakes? Will she show JUSTICE and be DETERMINED to make others pay for their actions? Will she show true KINDNESS by making the ultimate sacrifice to save her friends?

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