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The Last Natural Born Witch

Centuries ago, the world bled magic. Witches walked among humankind—born, not made—wielding power drawn from the living pulse of the earth. But fear turned to fire, and humanity rose to exterminate them all. From the ashes of the Witch Purge, humankind forged its own kind of magic: artificial and cold. Beneath the earth’s deepest layers, miners unearthed Mana Stones—crystals that held faint echoes of the world’s original energy. By crafting metal wands to harness these stones, humans learned to mimic spells. The power was limited, disposable, and costly—but it gave them dominance. For hundreds of years, magic belonged only to men, refined and rationed by those who once feared it most. Until now. In a forgotten valley, hidden from the Dominion’s gaze, a child is born—a girl named Seren Vale. Her power awakens not through metal or stone, but from the earth itself. The air bends to her cries, fire hums beneath her touch, and rivers still when she sleeps. She is the first natural-born witch since the Purge… and the last. When her secret is exposed, Seren becomes the target of a manhunt led by the Church of the New Light—the very empire built upon the ashes of her kind. As she flees across a dying world, she uncovers the terrible truth behind the Mana Stones: they are not mere minerals, but the crystallized remains of slaughtered witches, their magic fossilized and mined for human use. To survive, Seren must awaken the ancient power in her blood—and choose whether to reignite the world’s true magic or let it burn away forever. Because if she fails… the earth itself will stop breathing.
Psykow · 3.7k Views

R.O.B. 37

Warning, the first 5 chapters were very info heavy. They had info for how the overall world/power structure will work. That info is now in the auxiliary chapter. The story proper starts on chapter 6. Rule #1: When a Random Omnipotent Being offers you a custom character sheet and a cross-dimensional fast pass, read the fine print. Rule #2: There is no fine print. Only chaos. Blessed, balance-tested, cartoon-fueled chaos. Welcome to the prototype run of The Game. You weren’t meant to be a player. You didn’t get a tutorial. And yet here you are armed with a half-finished system, a backlog of suppressed media knowledge, and a growing suspicion that the GM is just making it up as they go. (Spoiler: they are.) This isn’t just a story. It’s a template. A Save/Load checkpoint. A cosmic draft folder. It’s where R.O.B. 37 the most dangerously curious of the Random Omnipotent Beings starts testing out what happens when a wish-fulfillment engine gets smart. And bored. And possibly a little nostalgic. Worlds will be revisited. Tropes will be broken. AUs will be built, explored, then immediately patched. Nothing is sacred. Everything is permitted. (Except for linear plot structure. That died on page one.) --- Disclaimer: Only the main character and the occasional OC are original. The rest? All properties belong to their respective creators. This is fanfiction with a capital F, and fanfiction with a capital F is legally obligated to go completely off the rails by arc three. You’ve been warned. --- Why limit yourself? If "nothing is true, and everything is permitted", is true then why limit yourself? The first few chapters are the template I'm putting in place for Random. Omnipotent. Being. (R.O.B.) 37. He is a true craftsman of wish fulfillment and balanced chaos. From a young age he studied the toons. As he grew his entrance to the litany of written works started early. By the time he finished formal schooling (k-12) he was aware of more media than he could ever truly finish in his life. So many worlds, so many stories. By the time he had reached his early 30's his eyes had seen so many takes on familiar stories and had written on so many posts It's an AU, that he decided to make his own Alternate Universe(s).....
Zarracki · 68.4k Views

The Last Child of Belialuin

In a forgotten age, when gods and demons clashed for dominion over the world, the magical city of Belialuin stood apart — a sanctuary of knowledge, neutrality, and unmatched arcane power. But when their greatest prodigy, Merlin, defied both the Demon King and Supreme Deity in pursuit of forbidden truth, Belialuin paid the ultimate price. Betrayed by one of their own, the city was wiped from existence. In a desperate final act, the elders of Belialuin sealed their souls, magic, and legacy into a young girl and sent her into hiding. For 3,000 years, the seal remained dormant — passed silently from generation to generation, waiting for the one who would be worthy. That child has been born. Lucian, a descendant of the ancient bloodline, witnesses his mother's death as a child — an event that awakens the dormant seal and unlocks a terrifying surge of power. As the voices of the Belialuin elders speak within his mind, guiding him toward revenge and legacy, Lucian learns the truth of his origin... and the role he must play in a world already ruled by legend. But fate has cruel plans — for the woman he is destined to hate, Merlin, may become the only person who can understand him... and the one he cannot bring himself to destroy. --- Disclaimer: I do not own The Seven Deadly Sins or any of its original characters, lore, or settings. All rights belong to Nakaba Suzuki and their respective creators. Only the original characters (OC) and added storyline elements belong to me.
TK_Supreme · 2.8k Views

Ember & Crown

In a kingdom where magic is forbidden and the future is written in stars, destiny has chosen its players—but it never asked them how they felt about it. When young warlock Merlin arrives in Camelot, he expects to hide in the shadows. Instead, he finds himself face-to-face with Prince Arthur Pendragon—arrogant, golden, and already raising his sword against a peasant. Merlin should hate him. Instead, he sees a flame that mirrors his own: fierce, dangerous, and impossibly bright. Tasked with protecting Arthur in secret, Merlin becomes the prince’s unlikely manservant and reluctant confidant. But as war looms and court politics grow bloodier by the day, Merlin’s bond with Arthur deepens. What begins as duty transforms into something more—something forbidden. In a world where magic is a death sentence and the throne leaves no room for love, their connection threatens everything: Camelot’s fragile peace, the fate of Albion, and their own hearts. With the prophecy whispering of a prince destined to unite the land and a sorcerer who walks beside him, Merlin must navigate loyalty, secrecy, and desire. Gwen, a loyal ally and one of the few who knows the truth, helps him walk the knife’s edge between two lives. But the closer Arthur and Merlin become, the harder it is to keep the truth buried—and the more dangerous it becomes to let it rise. Ember & Crown is a slow-burn romantic fantasy about the weight of duty, the peril of secrets, and the courage it takes to choose love in a world that forbids it. Ember & Crown is a fanfic based on the show Merlin and the plots are closely similar from the original plot.
The_Open_Book · 6.6k Views