Firstlight | ONC 2026

One touch was all it took to change her normal life.

Aaradhya Sen thought that she was ordinary; a simple girl who preferred the company of her sketchbook to people. Used to being invisible. But, the first blooming flower of spring was anything but simple, she got to a realm with floating islands and ruins alike just by touching it.

With a dead God's memories to unlock and a system that monitored her every emotion to survive, the only way to return is to save the realm from complete doom.

Bound with the exiled prince as cold as his silver eyes, she has to find a way to save the realm. To do that she had to find an artifact with the god's essence. But, before there she must protect her heart from the oh-so-attractive prince she is forced to work with.

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This novella is a part of the ONC 2026 contest.
Main prompt: #2
Other prompts: #44 and #93