Nymphadora Tonks hated her name. Among witches and wizards, ancient or flamboyant names were hardly uncommon, especially within the old families long detached from the Muggle world. Take her mother’s side of the family, for instance—Regulus, Bellatrix, Narcissa. Who names their children that unless they harbor some deep resentment toward the...
2025-01-22 20:04:53 +0000 UTC View Post"Tora-chan, my baby!" Shijimi exclaimed theatrically, smothering me in a storm of kisses. I barely dodged them all.
The shinobi from the mission commission and the gung-ho genin team that “captured” me sent me looks of sympathy. Lucky for me, Monkey-sama had already disappeared to deal with his Hokage business. After a few minutes of i...
2025-01-22 19:49:56 +0000 UTC View PostCletus Kasady. So, he’s here too. In the original Marvel universe… wait, one of the original ones? Or was it in several? Eh, doesn’t really matter. Point is, he was the host for Carnage. And here, in this world, he’s also a guy. The billion-dollar question then: has he already become the symbiote-loving butcher we all know and loathe? No...
2025-01-22 19:47:55 +0000 UTC View PostIf anyone least expected a visit from Melina, the spectral attendant of the Fingers, it was Iji, the loyal counselor and servant of Lady Ranni.
In the Lands Between, legends had long circulated about the mysterious spectral attendant, riding a ghostly steed in search of a Tarnished worthy of becoming the next Elden Lord. Iji, having lived ...
2025-01-22 19:45:30 +0000 UTC View Post‘Thirteen minutes late already,’ I thought, sitting at a small cafe on the edge of the business district.
I was halfway through my second cigarette, and my espresso was almost gone.
“Excuse me, could you turn it up a bit?” one of the customers, a guy in a cheap office suit with a “Kang Tao” badge, asked the ...
2025-01-22 19:42:24 +0000 UTC View PostWe were sitting on the rug by the fireplace, interrupting each other as we discussed our operation, occasionally sipping from mugs of butterbeer—a fizzy drink with a mild, fleeting effect that mimicked tipsiness. Kind of like soda, but not as sweet and with a buttery toffee flavor. They say it’s served hot with spices in winter.
“Tha...
2025-01-22 19:37:59 +0000 UTC View Post"Miss Granger."
"What? Oh, you’re here already," Hermione looked up from her eighth-grade physics textbook and saw James standing before her. He was dressed exactly as he had been during their first meeting on Diagon Alley. The cool, quiet lobby of the public library was otherwise empty.
"Yes. Looks like I didn’t get the address ...
2025-01-20 23:47:42 +0000 UTC View Post“I really hope you know what you’re doing,” remarked Albert, watching the magus work.
Archibald was just finishing the chalk outline of a circle on the dusty, tiled floor, occasionally glancing at a detailed diagram for reference. Before that, he had to clear the area of debris and accumulated grime. The two were currently inside a b...
2025-01-20 23:45:42 +0000 UTC View PostThey say beauty demands sacrifice, but science requires far more. Progress is never achieved without loss, accidents, or casualties. Any scientist—and especially a magus—must accept that each experiment could end in catastrophe and prepare accordingly.
It all sounded logical, rational, and pragmatic, but none of it lifted Archibald’s...
2025-01-20 23:43:11 +0000 UTC View Post"I don't like places like this," Kaynett remarked, surveying the abandoned factory building. The plant had been shut down since the seventies, and it showed. Concrete walls were stained with mold and patches of moss, layered over with crude graffiti and illiterate slogans of vulgar anarchy. The roof had caved in several places, leaving shattered...
2025-01-20 23:41:12 +0000 UTC View PostTN: I accidentally skipped the interlude from Tonks' POV. It is supposed to be after chapter 7. I'll translate it and post it as soon as I can. But for now here are the main chapters.
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Despite the whimsical atmosphere and complete lack of technological advancement in London’s magical dis...
2025-01-20 23:39:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhat’s Madam Shijimi doing here? Well, it’s not like I can’t find out. The palanquin stopped in the square near the Hokage’s Residence, and a shinobi I didn’t recognize—though the white armband on his side was very familiar—offered Shijimi a hand to step down. Her eyes scanned the surroundings with a distracted air, even pausing on...
2025-01-20 23:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostHedwig woke us up early, hooting loudly and pecking insistently at the glass until Harry finally let her in and fed her. She flew up to the wardrobe and settled there, silent at last. The clock showed it was barely nine.
The racket they made made it impossible for me to fall back asleep, so grumbling at the feathery menace, we got dressed ...
2025-01-20 23:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I got back to the school, I immediately crashed to catch up on what little sleep I could. Fully rested? Not even close. But at least I could snag a bit of nap time before hitting the recharge station in the morning—filling up my energy reserves always gave me a little boost. For once, Ooyama didn’t drag me out of bed before dawn, so I w...
2025-01-19 03:29:34 +0000 UTC View PostGreyoll’s Dragonbarrow had long lived up to its name: it was home to dragons, including Greyoll herself.
Once a great dragon matriarch, the mother of those now called devolved ones (1), Greyoll had been afflicted by rot, leaving her grounded and unable to fly. All she could do now was pray for the day when a resourceful ‘farmer’ with...
2025-01-19 03:27:48 +0000 UTC View Post“I think it is time for our relationship to move to the next level,” I said slowly, leaning on the table in Lizzie’s private booth. “We need to make it official. Safer for both of us that way.”
“Shit…” Frank Nostra replied with a smirk. “I’d love to hear something like that from a beautiful girl one day, but no—it’s...
2025-01-19 03:24:21 +0000 UTC View PostA tangle of limbs, kids, and one glorious cat—that’s how the night played out. Why? Because after dinner, Sasuke decided to stay the night at our place.
It was already late, and both boys were mentally and physically exhausted. Naruto’s bed, though a bit cramped, could fit three scrawny kids if they arranged themselves like spokes in...
2025-01-18 01:42:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, I woke up early but stayed in bed for a long while, thinking things over.
Of course, Harry hadn’t actually invited me to stay—he barely had a place at the Dursleys’ himself. Two wizards in one house might be pushing things for them. But I decided to take the risk anyway. I had something to offer him, after all.
<... 2025-01-18 01:38:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dead of Night, Captain Julia Stacy
The shrill ring of the phone yanked Julia from sleep. She stared at the ceiling for a few seconds, groggy and disoriented, trying to make sense of the sound. The past few days had been… intense, leaving her with little time to rest. And now, just as things were finally settling down...
2025-01-17 02:39:45 +0000 UTC View PostMillicent hadn’t had a good dream in a long time. Truly bright ones, free of pain and suffering, felt like a distant memory. She no longer believed such dreams could return.
But this one was good.
She dreamt of herself, completely healthy and breathing deeply, walking through a vast garden. A fragrant garden, filled with greenery a...
2025-01-17 02:37:14 +0000 UTC View PostAngie straightened up on the couch and slowly slid off her short, golden bolero jacket. Without it, her black top seemed even more daring, barely covering the sides of her breasts. I could see waves of goosebumps rippling across her skin—proof of heightened sensitivity from the drug she’d just taken.
“Happiness...” Angie purred, br...
2025-01-17 02:35:09 +0000 UTC View Post"Wake up, troops!" I yelled in sync with Naruto’s alarm clock.
Naruto groggily peeled himself off the pillow, squinted at me, then at the clock… and finally seemed to remember what today was about. His blue eyes went wide as saucers, and he bolted out of bed straight to the bathroom.
We had a lightning-fast ...
2025-01-16 01:53:24 +0000 UTC View PostWhen we landed and Dad stepped aside, I doubled over. I was gulping down the damp sea air, leaning on my knee, while Dad patiently waited for me to feel better.
“You all right, Ron?” he asked, bending over me with concern. “Feeling okay?”
“Yeah,” I muttered, straightening up. “That… that felt pretty rough.”
He...
2025-01-16 01:52:08 +0000 UTC View PostTier 1: Chapter 58
Tier 2: Chapter 63
Only a few remained who still remembered who Gowry had been. A sage, a sorcerer, a heretic expelled from Sellia, the City of Sorcery (not to be confused with the Academy—completely different places), who dedicated his life to serving Malenia the moment she turned her blade on Radahn.
Everyone hated rot. They feared it and avoided it. But...
2025-01-14 19:29:37 +0000 UTC View Post