Underdog Stories

Marcy had a bad day. Then the world ended, and it got much, much worse. One minute, Marcy is a "horribly normal" girl living in a cramped apartment building, pining over her cheerful neighbor, Allan. The next, a "System" descends from the stars, turning Earth into a deadly game and its inhabitants into its players. But while others get to be Paladins or Soldiers, the System has a personal vendetta against Marcy. After refusing its rigged choices, Marcy finds herself transformed: Current Height: 4'2" Current Color: Neon Pink Current Class: [Dragon Fodder] Now, as a physics-defying Bunny-folk with a snarky, six-foot sentient greatsword named Wulf, Marcy has to survive a world that literally wants to eat her. To make matters worse, her crush Allan has reappeared... as a brooding, red-haired Half-Dragon who doesn't know whether to kiss her or have her for lunch. With a snarky System mocking her every move and a mysterious "glitch" in the interface giving her illegal advice, Marcy is about to prove that being "Prey" doesn't mean you're on the menu. Sometimes, to save the world, you just have to jump.

4 Years. 4 Years since my life went to hell. I'm KK, yes that KK. The same KK who's the daughter of a NASCAR Champion. The same KK who's the niece of a 2X NASCAR Champion. The same KK who soften NASCAR's most violated driver. The same KK who started a race car when I was only 11 months old. The same KK who won the heart of America just by an old Indianapolis interview that's from 2003. The same KK whose racing career literally started in Power Wheels Drag Racing. Yes you heard me. Power Wheels....Drag Racing. The same KK who got the nickname AK. The same KK who beat the Brothers at their home track in 2012...and I won the race. The same KK who was a junior drift event in Austria with a car nicknamed The Angry Matchbox. The same KK who drag raced my father at Daytona for the win in K&N Pro Series in 2013. The same KK who won the GT class during the 2014 24HRS of Daytona at 14. The same KK that won a rally race with Kyle Busch.....yes that Kyle Busch. The same KK that still has three Chili Bowl records that are still standing to this day. The same KK who stole her father's ride in 2018. The same KK who was the youngest driver in the sports history. 18 years old. The same KK that wreaked her father in 2018 Brickyard 400. I'm that KK.... Everyone tends to forget all the records I have broken through out my life, but that doesn't matter. Instead I am famous for two things: Stealing my father's ride in 2018. Wreaking my father in the 2018 Brickyard 400. And that's it... What else would I be remembered for? Winning the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series title with an open car team who originally left the sport back in '21? 
Yeah right.....NASCAR will never have a female driver that can compete in a male dominate sport. I might have been the closes, but that doesn't mean anything to anyone. I'm Annistan, and this is my story.

My name was Randi Pangabekti, until I died of brain cancer and got reincarnated into the generic magic academy anime "Steelheart of the F-Rank Copymaster Cyberknight" as a random side character named Ryouhei Watanabe instead of the main character Kouki Hiromasa. Not only was Ryouhei a joke character who only exists to get folded by the heroine Ingrid van Draakia in a short gag, he's an F-Rank Cyberknight with an Armament in the form of a goddamn Refrigerator. One that could only make a cold breeze in comparison to the ice powers of Aishea Shirayuki, Kouki's childhood friend and my favorite waifu that I would be gunning for. Despite that, with my newfound power, I can finally pursue my dreams to become a great man in this world. Even with my trashy ability, I will reach the top of the world of Cyberknighthood by becoming the best student in Tenmu Academy and surpassing the strongest characters like Suishin Nishinomiya the school president and Kouki then achieve S-Rank. Hell, unlike him, I'll make my own harem! However, I never foresaw that the world had changed in mysterious ways I never expected. As my butterfly wings might not be the only pair fluttering a storm throughout this world... [This story takes place in the Fourth Layer of the Systemaverse] Platforms: Cross posted in Wattpad, Scribble Hub, AO3, and Royal Road.

Randy Nevbanks never played a single snap of organized football - until the day he made varsity. He's the quiet kid. The underdog. The rookie nobody expected. But under the Friday night lights, everything changes. With his mom working double shifts, his little sister cheering louder than the crowd, and Steph - the girl who believes in him more than he believes in himself - Randy starts to find something he's never had before: Belonging. Confidence. A reason to fight. But one brutal hit will test everything he's built - his team, his heart, and the future he's just starting to believe in. This isn't just football. This is family. This is first love. This is Number 19.

Suki Jeong is an expert at only two things: failing math class and worrying about her sister's cancer. Her life in L.A. is quiet, safe, and completely ordinary-until a flyer at her local Asian mart offers a desperate way out. An audition for K-pop trainees. 🎤 Suki has zero talent. Like, actually none. She can't dance, her singing is strictly a solo shower act, and she knows nothing about idols. But with a one-way ticket to Seoul and the help of her mysterious neighbor, Auntie Jing, she's diving headfirst into the world's most brutal industry. Between a cold CEO, grueling dance challenges, and fierce rivals who want her gone-not to mention an enemy who's becoming a crush she definitely should not trust-much less fall for-can someone this ordinary survive the stage? But she isn't doing this for fame. She's doing it for Ari... right? No training. No backup plan. Just a heart full of recklessness and a desperate need to win. Suki is going to scrape her way to the top-or break trying. CW: This story contains themes of illness (cancer) and hospital settings. Please read with care. Copyright: © 2026 by HalfMoon_Huntress. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the author. ⚠️Disclaimer⚠️: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental.

Davis Davila. Loner. Gamer. Loser. He knows everything about almost every game in existence. But when the school bullies steal his prized Game Boy, Davis gets a reality check. Getting it back won't be easy. Especially when your social stats have always been critically low.

A boy got bullied so unique right guys ?

His parents left him in the forest at three days old. Unfortunately for them, the boy refused to die.

​"He's a failure. A nobody. A mistake." ​That's what they say about MC. In a world of elite cultivators and divine warriors, he is the man who always falls short. ​But what happens when the "failure" is actually a cage for two legendary spirits who could burn the world to ash? As the "strongers" laugh, MC is busy surviving a war inside his own mind. ​The joke is coming to an end. And nobody is going to like the ending.

In a world of siddhi(cosmic energy), Where strength triumphs over truth and justice ,and the poor and weak are barely treated as humans ,a 6 year old boy named Rishi strives for glory While heirs of powerful bloodlines rise arrogantly , Rishi works tirelessly to earn his place in the mahaveera shila, concil of siddhi practicing warriors But in a world where power has a price of pain , will Rishi,s willpower be enough or will the evil lurking around him crush him before he rises

My name is Simon, and I have a simple 3-step plan for life: 1. Stay hydrated by drinking liquids other than coffee (and blood). 2. Stay alive as long as possible. 3. Die of natural causes (ideally happily without pain in a very comfy bed). But the universe has other plans. Between billionaires offering me Bentleys, "Chosen Ones" using me as a human shield, and a literal vampire hierarchy that seems to think I'm a gourmet snack, my hobo-core lifestyle is under siege. I neither have superpowers nor a tragic backstory (unless you count my bank balance). All I have is a frying pan, a high-limit credit card that isn't mine, and a level of apathy so thick it might actually be a physical barrier. Welcome to my life. I'm just an NPC, and I'm really, really trying not to die in the prologue.

Xianan grew up in the Soil Realm-buried deep beneath the world, the poorest and most forgotten of the five realms. To others, people like her are nothing more than worms. She never thought her life would change. Until the day her father disappeared. The only thing he left behind was a single message: Go to Golden Academy. The world is divided into five realms-Golden, Wood, Water, Fire, and Soil. Golden stands at the top, a place of power, talent, and privilege. A place someone like her was never meant to enter. And yet, to find her father, Xianan forces herself to do the one thing she has never cared for-study. Against all odds, she earns her place at Golden Academy. There, everything begins to change. She encounters things she has never imagined. She sees the cruelty hidden in human hearts... and the quiet kindness that still remains. But what unsettles her most is this- She sees someone. Someone who looks exactly like the childhood friend who vanished from her life years ago. At the same time, traces of the long-lost "Five of Golden," who disappeared a century ago, begin to surface. What seem like isolated mysteries slowly begin to connect. As Xianan and her companions journey across the five realms, they are drawn into a series of cases-each one deeper, stranger, and more dangerous than the last. And in the end, all paths lead to the same question- Is she really searching for just one person? Or is she uncovering a secret that Golden itself has tried to bury?

How would you feel if your comfortable life went up in smoke in under 2 years. Anxious nervous, scared, and overwhelmed are just probably the first feelings to come to mind. Good thing that hadn't happened yet, I'm assuming. Sadly, that is not the case for this family. As we read, we will see how Victoria, Ricardo, Jasmine, Alexander, and Elizabeth deal with the new cards they've been dealt. Struggling through friendships, loss of dear loved ones, and the unfairness that's brought upon them without having parents in the world to guide them anymore. How will they walk this new path that they have been pushed through? Will they make it to the end or fall off completely? Who knows, but that's for them to decide.

Everyone thought I was weak. Too quiet. Too soft. Too easy to break. They laughed. They pushed. They ignored. What they didn't know? I was never weak. I was just waiting. And when the truth comes out, they won't be ready for the girl they created.

In the fog‑choked town of Mirageton, reality is never as solid as it seems. A man is found dead behind a shop's glass door - frozen in terror, blood smeared beneath his hands. He's the latest victim in a string of killings, each body discovered in abject horror, as if they had seen - and fought - something impossible. Across town, Ian Hale is coming apart. Plagued by migraines, violent dreams, and a reflection that doesn't always move when he does, he knows one thing for certain: something inside him is wrong. Something watching. Waiting. He wants to run, to leave the rot of Mirageton behind. But the town won't release him. Not his father, who treats him like a debt to be collected; not his own fracturing mind; and certainly not Elaine - sharp, relentless, and the daughter of the lead detective. She's hunting the truth behind the murders. And Ian may be the only thread that leads to it. One wrong move won't just expose him. It will shatter his life, hers, and everyone's in between. As suspicion spreads, an old legend bleeds into waking life. Reflections linger. Glass remembers. And the line between monster and victim begins to crack. The horror in Mirageton isn't just what's hiding in the mirrors. It's what's looking back. ONC 2026 Prompt 76: Your reflection smiles before you do and then begins mimicking things you never did.

"Softness overcomes the most formidable of strengths." A searing record of a boy's descent into the silent depths of frozen time. Beyond the petrified brilliance of 'Ivory' and the decaying darkness of 'Ebony' stands the 'Monolith'-a towering black obelisk rising from the threshold between two worlds. Adin, a boy who overflowed from the boundary of these realms, carries 'Solet' in his hands: the finest powder ground from the bones and time of parents who sacrificed everything. With every miracle he performs, a memory is consumed. This is the 'Incineration of Time.' To face the predatory truths hidden behind Ivory's deceptive peace, Adin must shed his fragile youth and rise as a man who will upend a cruel world.

WHAT IF THE GREATEST WEAPON EVER BUILT IN FORMULA 1 WASN'T A CAR... BUT A DRIVER? Ferrari had made a choice. They chose legacy over future, certainty over potential, The seven-time World Champion over an unproven prodigy... They thought they were betting on victory. They didn't realize they were creating the one driver who could challenge a dynasty. But the 2025 season will remember everything. Ferrari's decision leaves Hendryx Huntyr, a Belgian rookie fresh off a dominant Formula 2 championship, without a seat and without a future. To Formula 1, he is a missed opportunity. A casualty of politics... But Red Bull sees something else. To them, he is not a loss. He is a weapon. Signed in the aftermath of Ferrari's announcement, Hendryx is thrown into a world ruled by Max Verstappen, the four-time World Champion who has rewritten the sport's record books and locked the grid under his reign of pace and precision. What no one expects is how fast the rookie adapts. How quickly he learns. How cleanly he cuts. Race by race, lap by lap, Hendryx becomes the blade that slices through Verstappen's legacy, the media narrative, and the expectations of a sport that believed it already knew its future. Alongside the rising generation of young talent: Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Oliver Bearman, Isack Hadjar, and Gabriel Bortoleto, a new era begins to take shape. The grid is no longer just veterans and rookies. It is a battlefield between legacy and succession. And in the heart of that battlefield stands a rookie Ferrari never wanted... and Red Bull refuses to lose. 🏎 Records are shattered. 🏆 Legends are threatened. 🔥 Dynasty meets its successor. The Scarlet's Mistake || The Bull's Blade. One season. Everything changes. *P.S. This story is purely inspired by my F1 25 gameplay and is written for entertainment. It is not intended to reflect real drivers or teams. Thank you for reading!!

Almost three years ago, Jay disappeared. Now he's back with nothing but a Rike stick and a past he refuses to explain. Most players dream of joining the famous Golden Boys. Jay doesn't. Instead, he sets his sights on the most infamous team in the league-the Rankers AKA the Psycho Team. A group of brutal, unpredictable players no one can control. They don't trust him. They don't want him there. But Jay isn't leaving. Not until he gets what he came for.

Reiner is a first-year Computer Science student at Tyroem University with nothing to his name but a sharp mind he refuses to trust and a hunger he doesn't fully understand yet. Born into poverty, socially invisible, and deeply aware of everything he lacks. He wants money, connection, and a life worth remembering. But wanting and knowing how to get there are two very different things. As he navigates his first semester, chance encounters, quiet revelations, and the weight of where he comes from begin to chip away at the version of himself he's convinced is true. This is not a story about a chosen one. This is the story of a boy learning slowly, painfully, honestly what he's actually made of.

Moe Yan was supposed to fail. Two strikes on his record. A commodore who wanted him gone. Special Forces training designed to break him. He passed anyway. Then a wolf came - an F-Rank Elite monster. He killed it with a bronze dagger and a stubborn refusal to die. The military called it PTSD. The doctors called it a delusion. But the gods called him back to the white space, where they gave him a blessing before he even knew what a hunter was. Now he carries his grandfather's blade. A D-Rank hunter named Thant Zin teaches him the truth. And together, they fight dungeons that grow stronger every day. This is his last universe. The gods saved it for him. And he will not break. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This novel contains 12 arcs. I have had this in my mind for a long time. English is not my first language, and I lack time, so I put this off again and again. Now, with the help of Deepseek and Grammarly, I can finally write it. I try my best to give the reader good storytelling. Feel free to criticize and point out the plot holes.