Alternativehistory Stories

History says Dong Zhuo dies in 192. Lü Bu kills him. Then the Dong clan gets exterminated. I knew all of this. Which would have been much more useful if I had not opened my eyes as Dong Zhuo's nineteen-year-old son. There are worse transmigrations. Few come with such a clear expiration date. Fortunately, the original Dong Yu left me one magnificent inheritance: Everyone already thinks I'm useless. Lazy. Cowardly. Drunk whenever possible. More interested in beautiful women than military affairs. Perfect. All I have to do is protect that reputation, get Mother somewhere safe, gather enough money and food to survive, and avoid every famous bastard I remember from the Three Kingdoms. Especially Lü Bu. Then Father asked what I wanted. "A small estate." "Where?" "West." Li Ru looked at me. "Why west?" "Yuan Shao went east." The room went quiet. That should have been my first warning. I wanted distance from Yuan Shao. They heard that I had already predicted rebellion. I wanted grain because jewelry is difficult to eat. They heard preparation for famine and war. I counted carts because, at some point, I fully intend to run away. Somehow that was worse. Yesterday, Li Ru thought I was an idiot. Today, he thinks I might have spent nineteen years pretending to be one. Father has started asking for my opinion. Lü Bu has started paying attention to me. And every time I desperately try to prove that I am a cowardly, lazy, womanizing waste of a noble son, everyone becomes a little more convinced that the act itself is part of some terrifying plan. I know how this story ends. I am trying very hard not to be important enough to change it. Unfortunately, the people around me seem determined to promote me into treason.

Ned Stark knows what winter does to a weak North, so he begins changing Winterfell before the realm notices. New roads, ships, saltworks, and uneasy vassals turn Winterfell into the opening move in a colder game. This time, the North means to stand on its own.

In 1980, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz leaves Pearl Harbor for a routine Pacific exercise. During the voyage, the carrier encounters a mysterious electromagnetic storm. When the storm disappears, the crew discovers that they have not merely lost contact with the modern world-they have been transported to December 1941. The crew initially believes they have somehow entered the past shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Reconnaissance confirms that the Pacific Fleet is still sitting in Pearl Harbor, while Japanese carrier forces are preparing for the attack. This expands the central dilemma of the original film: whether the Nimitz should allow history to happen or intervene. However, this version goes much further. The Nimitz's crew attempts to remain neutral and find a way home. But after rescuing people who were supposed to die, encountering Imperial Japanese forces, and accidentally revealing technology from the future, history begins changing around them. Like Zipang, the crew gradually discovers that simply refusing to participate in history is almost impossible.

INVINCIBLE: ORBIT - WHAT IF? Every choice creates another possibility. What if Hudson and Mark had grown up together? What if someone survived who was meant to die? What if a single decision changed a war, a relationship, or the fate of an entire world? Invincible: Orbit - What If? explores alternate versions of the story, breaking away from the main timeline to see how differently these characters could have lived, loved, fought, and lost. Some worlds will be better. Some will be much worse. None of them are canon. But every one begins with the same question: What if?

Born in secret to King Ferdinand of Aragon and his mistress, Elena de Aragon grows up forgotten by the empire that created her. Though renowned across Europe for her extraordinary beauty and sharp intellect, she remains little more than a royal bastard--useful only when politics demanded. When her father's death throws Spain into chaos, Elena is summoned home, only to vanish at sea after being captured by Ottoman corsair Barbarossa. Presumed lost and quickly overshadowed by the struggles of kings and queens, she is delivered instead to the court of Sultan Suleiman. In Constantinople, the forgotten daughter of Spain rises from captive to favorite, from favorite to wife, becoming one of the most powerful women in the Ottoman Empire. As Haseki Sultan, she commands influence that reaches from the Mediterranean to the heart of Europe. But when rumors emerge that Suleiman's mysterious queen is the long-lost daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon, Europe is thrown into turmoil. Ambassadors flock to the Ottoman court seeking proof, kingdoms whisper of alliances to reclaim her, and old loyalties clash with new power. Caught between two empires and two identities, Elena must decide who she truly is: the forgotten princess Europe wants returned-- or the Ottoman queen who refuses to be forgotten

Newly married and thrust into life at the Romanian court, Nicholas of Romania and Princess Natalie Paley must learn to live not only with each other, but with the weight of unresolved grief, expectations, and a union born of necessity as much as affection. Court politics prove no less ruthless than those they left behind, and Nicholas soon discovers that love offers little protection against the ever-present shadow of his brother Carol, waiting abroad for the right moment to reclaim power, as well as Natalia's past. Meanwhile, Vladimir finds himself drawn to Romania more often than expected, under the pretext of family visits that quickly become something else. Old feelings resurface where they should not, and the line between restraint and inevitability grows thinner with every meeting. For Irina, marriage offers no refuge. When a devastating revelation shatters what little illusion remained, her union with Feodor becomes a façade, carefully maintained for appearances alone. Turning away from court life, she dedicates herself entirely to the creation of a new hospital, finding in purpose and service a form of fulfilment she never anticipated-and a freedom she had not known she was seeking.

When a colossal portal tears open in Ginza, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces step through into an unfamiliar world-only to find themselves in the Kingdom of Vale under a shattered moon. What begins as a fragile alliance between First Lieutenant Yōji Itami's squad and Team RWBY is quickly thrown into chaos when a second Gate erupts in California. Drawn by the revolutionary potential of Dust, the United States launches a massive military expedition, rapidly escalating tensions into full-blown conflict. As standard military tactics stall against Aura-enhanced Huntsmen and guerrilla warfare, American forces resort to devastating conventional weapons of terror-deploying the GBU-43/B MOAB and GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator. The resulting environmental destruction and civilian toll trigger a moral turning point that fractures military cohesion and pushes the JSDF and Team RWBY into a desperate struggle to survive. Caught between the horrors of industrial warfare and the rising threat of the Grimm, soldiers and Huntsmen alike must decide what it truly costs to protect two worlds on the brink of total annihilation.

The ledger is open, and the debt must be paid. In Book One, Ceredig carved a bloody, hard-fought existence out of a forgotten, damp rock, turning survival into a fortified stronghold. But survival was only the prologue. ​Carrying the heavy, complicated bloodline of Arthur and Derfel Cadarn, Ceredig stands as a living testament to a fading age of legend. Picking up from the birth of Cadfael all the way through to Ceredig's final, unyielding days, The Bastard's Ledger: Part II dives deeper into the grinding reality of a kingdom in the making. As the cracks in the old guard show and a new generation inherits the walls, the math changes. Raising an heir in a fortress built on debt is a dangerous game, and time is a sharper blade than any Saxon iron. ​Framed through the modern translations of historian Kyle Kauffman in his quiet Ipswich study, experience the unvarnished, gritty second half of Ceredig's saga-where every coin spent, every life weighed, and every drop of blood brings the legacy of the legendary shield-brethren closer to its reckoning. ​From the cradle to the grave, the ledger demands its due.

Join Elena and Daniel, two young Andalusians, on an epic journey through time to challenge the Empire that rules the world. Filled with action, magic, humor, and history, this adventure for readers of all ages follows two imperfect siblings whose bond may determine the fate of the future itself. Travel through Granada, Málaga, and Antequera. Meet legendary figures from Spanish history, including The Great Captain, El Zagal, Boabdil, and Hernán Pérez del Pulgar. Encounter mythical creatures such as Tragantía and Martinico. Discover a side of Spain where history and magic are inseparable, because Spain holds enough magic for a million stories.

Everyone knows the history of the Earth. Science adds to the story every day. But what if another history runs alongside our own? Hidden yet present, unknown yet known. The history of the Earth - different from what we know, yet exactly how it happened.

In the year 2266, the wasteland is changing. Two centuries after the bombs fell, new powers rise from the ashes while the old world continues to haunt those who survived it. Settlements fight for resources, factions struggle for control, and rumors spread of something buried beneath the ruins, something powerful enough to change the balance of the entire wasteland. For one survivor, a seemingly ordinary journey will become the beginning of a conflict far greater than they could have imagined. In a world where trust is dangerous, mercy is weakness, and every choice has consequences, survival may be the easiest part. The wasteland has endured. Now, it is preparing for war.

A humorous original tale of love, courage, diplomacy, politics, space travel, self-discovery, the human condition, and urban guerrilla warfare. This is the story of a young girl's quest to understand the world in which she lives, and to change it for the better, by any means necessary. It is also the story of a family trying to mend broken relationships, planets on the brink of war, and a corporation's efforts to undermine and manipulate governments throughout the galaxy, and beyond.

THE AMBY AWARDS 2022 WINNER (Best Series) Book One (Book Three of the trilogy is on the WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST) Wattpad featured story. The Adept Pen 21 finalist. Samara, a young woman from London, visits Bran Castle in Romania during a Halloween night. Somehow, she's always felt drawn to the story of Vlad the Impaler, the historical character who allegedly inspired the writer, Bram Stoker, to write his Count Dracula. Annoyed by her noisy friends, she strolls behind her group when they enter the castle and thus gets approached by their tall dark and handsome guide. Samara can't fight the attraction she feels for him, even after he claims to be Vlad Dracul himself, obviously making fun of her...or? At the end of the tour, unable to resist her curiosity, she follows the guide through a dark corridor and time travels to another time, a late medieval world populated by very unusual vampires, where she had once belonged. The mysterious guide turns out to be her husband, none less than Vlad III, the Prince of Wallachia, the Impaler... Dracula. Samara's memories start to trickle back slowly, both good and bad. The man she loves so much that she feels overcome by her feelings for him is not exactly as he was when she left him before, when she... died. A lot of things have changed in her absence, in six hundred years. But she is changed too, having grown up in the 21st century this time around, she is not quite the same girl as when she lived in Vlad's castle, in the late medievals. Will the great love they feel for each other despite their long separation be strong enough to overcome all their differences? Will Samara and Vlad accept each other as they are now and fight for their love? Will they defend it in the dangerous world they live in, full of people, or better vampires, who would rather see them apart? In this place where nothing and no one is what they really seem to be at first sight? Cover: @WakeWriteWrath

The Golden Empire told its soldiers the tunnels smelled like victory. Private Vael Solas believed that, once. A story about faith, survival, and what the underground takes from you that you don't notice until it's already gone. A Grave/Digger fanfiction story. (You don't really need to play the game in-order to read this) Credits to @fiztsxx, @iackofstability (who's responsible for my thumbnail), @crawlingtree/Leafuusub to some of the artworks, and etc (you guys are the best!)

In the former half of the 21st century, after emerging victorious from a 4 year long conflict, Poland finds itself in a confounding situation. The nation which had beat back the advance of one of the biggest nations in WW3 suddenly found itself located in a different world. A world whose technological advancements are almost 90 years behind ours. There is, however, a similarity with this world: a tyrranical empire that would stop at nothing to control an entire continent. Follow the journey JW Formoza's Team Metal and their CO, Lieutenant Andzrej Kamysz, as they fight through a whole new world.

On April 24, 2004, an impossible archway opened on the South Lawn of the White House. What followed wasn't a clean invasion or a neat first contact; it was chaos, confusion, and a brutal fight for survival as soldiers faced enemies that shouldn't exist and weapons that didn't obey familiar rules. Staff Sergeant Michael Alvarez, a D.C. National Guard MP, survives Day Zero by performing his trained duty: maintaining the line. But when the smoke clears, the gate doesn't close, and the world doesn't get answers. As the U.S. government locks down the truth and builds a permanent foothold around the anomaly, something becomes clear: the Gate is not a temporary crisis. It's a new geographic fact of reality, linking Earth to a ruined capital in another world that fears the Gate as much as humanity does. No heroes. No prophecy. No effortless victories. The White House Event is a grounded, military-focused first-contact story about uncertainty, institutional pressure, and what happens when humanity realizes that the unknown and themselves are permanent. Chapters are released weekly at 12:00 p.m. CST Occasionally, updates will be made to the previous chapters. Updates: 9 April 2026: chapters 1-10 and interludes 1&2 28 April 2026: all chapters and interludes. will start uploading on September 20th at 12pm. I'm grateful to everyone who enjoyed this tale.

Every generation of the House of Romanov produces a dragon. Andrei Alexandrovich was supposed to be raised as one. Instead, the Imperial War Ministry turned him into a weapon. By the time Genevieve de Villiers arrives in Russia, Andrei has spent years being measured, controlled, suppressed, and used in the name of empire. He is the War Dragon: feared, disciplined, and dangerously close to forgetting that he was ever meant to be anything else. Genevieve has no intention of letting that continue. What begins as a political arrangement becomes something far more dangerous-a bond neither court nor crown can easily control. As war, succession, ancient dragon bloodlines, and the weight of imperial expectation close in around them, Andrei must learn that freedom is more than the absence of chains. It is choice. It is trust. It is being loved as a man, not valued as a weapon. And sometimes, the most dangerous thing a dragon can do is choose for himself.

In the era of the 21st century, One second, I remember we were fooling around talking about legends and rumours in the museum of cultivators and the next second, I opened my eyes and saw myself in an ancient place. Wait. I remember this dress I'm wearing. It's the Gusu Lan Clan's robe. I also have the inner disciples headband? "Jiemei. I'm afraid I made my ancestor, Lan Qiren, Qi deviate." This is a story where the Untamed universe is real but is history. University students find themselves time travelled to the past. And they decide to not just sit and let things happen but change the history no matter what the price might be. How will they change the destiny of their favorite person in history?

Annina Romanova has spent her life beneath the watchful eye of Felix-the steadfast guardian who has protected her since infancy, challenged her stubbornness, and known every version of her before she ever learned to understand herself. Now Annina is grown. And somewhere between old habits, quiet devotion, and the dangerous intimacy of being known too well, the bond that once defined them begins to change. Felix has spent twenty years believing his place is beside her, never imagining he might one day want more. Annina, however, has never been particularly interested in accepting limits simply because everyone else finds them sensible. Set against the imperial world introduced in Unbound, this is a story of constancy, loyalty, and the unsettling moment when lifelong love becomes something neither of them can pretend not to see.

They were born into royalty. They were raised to rule. They were never taught how to be siblings. Princess Amrutha has spent most of her life acting like the second mother of the royal family. At twenty, while studying for her Bachelor of Arts, she is already accustomed to responsibilities most people twice her age would avoid. Diplomatic, authoritative and frighteningly composed, she is the one everyone turns to when the palace falls into chaos. Except when she's alone with her siblings. Then the mature princess disappears, and the childish older sister emerges. Princess Anamika, eighteen, is the palace's sunshine with a sword at her side. A BA LLB student with a sharp mind and an even sharper sense of humor, she can negotiate an argument in the morning, sneak out of the palace by evening, and somehow return before anyone notices. Usually. Then there's Princess Adrishya. Sixteen. Fearless. Social. Curious. And an absolute menace. Adrishya knows every hidden route, forgotten passage and secret corner of the kingdom. She knows merchants, guards, nobles, servants, travelers and practically everyone else. Her ability to read people makes her far more dangerous than anyone realizes. Behind every charming smile, she can sense when something is wrong. And finally comes Crown Prince Anant. Ten years old. Perfectly polite. Unreasonably annoying. Far too intelligent for his age. He adores his sisters, respects them deeply, and somehow possesses the extraordinary ability to turn a peaceful afternoon into complete royal chaos. Together, the four siblings are supposed to represent the future of their kingdom. Instead, they argue over breakfast, sneak through palace corridors, tease one another, disappear into the city, uncover secrets they were never meant to find and repeatedly test the patience of the people responsible for protecting them. But beneath the laughter, silk and golden palace walls lies a kingdom full of political games, hidden motives and danger