On a world far away, on the very edges of the Aether, strange things are happening.
Rifts- wounds within the fabric of space and time- are opening across the continent of the Mire. From them pour strange mechanical creatures, harbringers of destruction made for this singular purpose before any could remember. First, people began disappearing here and there in the frosty wilds of the north... Then platoons of soldiers, then outposts, then entire cities. The scientists of the Mire work tirelessly to find an answer to these strange occurances but only meet with failure. Doom, it seems, is unavoidable.
However, just when all hope seemed lost, a beacon is set ablaze within one of these rifts which would allow a team to delve into the shadowy unknown in search of much needed answers- answers which may prove too terrible to comprehend.
In these times heroes must arise, or the world will surely perish. All they have is a powerful and mystical language and their ideals. In the end, neither of these may be enough to grant success.
If that is the case, neither Earth nor Ares will survive.
[A big thank you to Nora from Creepypasta.com for the cover art! I'm flattered that my work inspired you and I hope you don't mind me using it!]
After she tragically loses her mother, Cassie turns to street fighting-but she soon learns that the biggest fights happen outside the ring.
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Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Haynes has never been one to follow the rules. Constantly on the brink of expulsion at school, she doesn't care what anyone thinks about her. But when tragedy strikes and she is left alone to care for her little sister, Cassie needs to find a way to survive and quick. Without telling a single soul, she moves to the next city over and turns to the only thing she knows--the illegal sport of street fighting. As her fights get grittier and more dangerous, Cassie finds out that there are even more people out for her blood. She'll do anything to protect her little sister and some people are about to learn the hard way.
Content and/or Trigger Warning: attempted suicide in Chapter 2.
[[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
Link to the sequel - https://www.wattpad.com/story/29778845-the-mystery-fighter-ii
Cover designed by Ren T