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The Darkening

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Reads 495
Votes 66
Parts 21
Time 5h 9m

adventure assassin dystopian fighting government population powers romance secrets society teens

In the aftermath of an overpopulated world that was saved by the Storm, everything seems to have been solved. All except the diabolical method of controlling the new population. The Branding, known on the streets as "the Darkening" happens at the start of every year, targeting will-be seventeen year olds. At midnight on new year's eve, their wrists are branded with color-coded tattoos, each with a different meaning. 

Olivia and her friends are just a gaggle of messed up teens, whose families are each other. They know what is going to happen, but they aren't prepared. Not in the least bit. Olivia has to watch as her friends are marked a safe green, or labeled red for assasination. But she can't tell them about the purple that is branded onto the skin on her wrist. She can barely believe it herself. Purple is the killer's mark. She is branded a killer. A murderer of her own friends. 

There has to be a way to avoid this. All she has to do is find it. But she can't even think straight, so how is she supposed to fix it all on her own?


*I got the borderline idea for this story from the red and green dot trend thingy on tik tok. So creds to who ever started that trend*

TW: There is violence and blood.All Rights Reserved

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(This novel is under revision as of 2-5-19 up until I feel the true motivation to scrub through most of my older work. Also this summary is something to be fixed but until then) A thousand years ago the extermination of Earth from unknown circumstances brought about the end of humanity for the planet. The end of animals, most of nature, technology and everything that advanced in between. After Earth's destruction a new life began with the survivors of the near extinction of humanity. They constructed a singular civilization encased in a wall for protection from outside forces, built on the hope to reproduce and thrive with the life they were forced into. Zykard would be the start of a second life for humans But within that time of rebirth some of the survivors surged with horrors of Pre-Reearth. Heresy, treachery, riots, thefts, murders and revolutions. A need to for order was introduced, and brought about the leader of Zykard and seven factions of ten people. A thousand years later theres a change. An outsider appears and seemingly becomes the new leader of Zykard, bringing more hardships with their hopes. Crimson, a seventeen year old girl faces the verge of adulthood. The final trials being the only gap between her new reality. A new injection to be given to everyone after the trials. She will face the ugly second face of what Zykard really is behind the curtains. Face pain she never thought would be possible and lose what she loves the most. She will understand what it's like to become apart of the Zykard.