As I spun through the air, sheer panic finally overtook me. I had been stoic the entire chase but now, I just knew I was going to die. There was no way I would survive this fall.
But even then, I tried my best to prevent it. I flailed my arms, trying to find any purchase, but failed completely.
Then a sharp rock suddenly appeared in my vision and I blacked out for a split second.
I didn’t even feel the pain. One moment, I was panicking as I fell, then there was a ...
2023-12-30 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The castle was so close. So damn close!
But not close enough.
The giant acid spider had managed to catch up with us and I was too exhausted to steadily keep us away from it. In hindsight, I should have headed back into the forest rather than keeping to the rocky path leading from the cliffside. It might have been the longer path, but it would at least make it harder for the spider to follow us.
The only saving grace was that the spider was apparently so intimidating...
2023-12-29 03:00:03 +0000 UTC
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My breathing finally began to get labored as I ran. It took quite a bit, but I suppose even this form had its limits.
That was just more bad news on top of everything else.
The giant spider had chased us through the never-ending forest for what felt like hours, completely unrelenting, and this time, not even Wi using the ring could knock it back long enough for us to get away or fight it off. We had come across several other boars and other monsters as I ran, but even those
2023-12-28 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Three monsters on all sides, a traumatized girl to protect, and a bleeding hand.
I should be panicking, hyperventilating. But somehow, just like with the skeletons back in RLO, despite my heart beating wildly, my mind was clear enough to come up with a plan.
When we had come to Casey’s place, I had dropped off my backpack that contained the magical items we had wanted to test in this world, but that didn’t mean I didn’t have any magical items on me.
Of course,...
2023-12-27 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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This may or may not apply to the following 6 chapters.
Content Warning: Blood, Injury
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“U-um…” Casey and I exchanged a panicky glance.
What should we do? We hadn’t wanted to reveal ourselves to her. Much less the fact that we already knew pretty much everything about her.
“Please, don’t worry. We don’t mean any harm,” Elyssa replied for us.
“Yeah! It’s alright! We’re ...
2023-12-26 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“And here we are,” I announced, gesturing with my arm at the white marble temple in front of us. Just looking at it sparked countless old memories in me. The place where I’d gone from an interdimensional visitor to a true hero.
“Whoaaaa!” Bianca gasped in awe.
“That’s so cool, gran! Can we also train here to gain cool snow magic like you?!” Harry added.
I chuckled.
“Well, who knows? Maybe you can.” I put on a stern expression. “But it’s not gonn...
2023-12-25 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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After hours of pushing through the corruption, we had already been tired. But one more hour of an intense battle, trying to fend off all of Xethra’s attacks, and we were just about to collapse. The only ones still keeping up were me and Xeron.
Me mainly because I couldn’t do a whole lot with the small amount of snow I had access to. Granted, I could drag the snow off the mountain and through the same opening we had entered through – which I was already doing – but it was slow an...
2023-12-24 03:00:01 +0000 UTC
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After a full day of trudging through the corrupted terrain, deflecting attacks left and right, we finally made it to the opening inside the mountain. It wouldn’t take long before we reached her core and then…
“So, how exactly are you planning on talking to her anyway?” Ellen asked.
Xeron frowned.
“Mmm, I’m not exactly sure if it will work, but I wanted to share some of my memories with her. Let her see who I am and what Azure let me experience all in one go.”
2023-12-23 03:00:01 +0000 UTC
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The mountain loomed before us, daring us to come closer.
“So how are we doing this? Same as last time?” Ellen asked, sneaking a peak at Xeron.
“I would like to speak to her first,” Xeron said with a frown. “I am sure she is just like I used to be. Lashing out in confusion and misplaced anger.”
Trevor and Devon didn’t seem to like the idea by the way they grimaced.
“How would we even do that though? Do we need to get to the core?”
Xeron nodded. ...
2023-12-22 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“Ha! I knew it! You were just throwing a little hissy fit back then! Like a little brat!” Ellen declared as she poked Xeron in the chest.
Xeron was not amused as indicated by her annoyed frown.
“I wasn’t a little brat. I just didn’t know better at the time. Watching through Azure gave me perspective.”
“Uh huh. In other words, you were just a little brat back then, but now you grew up all thanks to mommy Azure.”
Even after all these years, Ellen...
2023-12-21 03:00:01 +0000 UTC
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“You know… I occasionally forget that you are the same person… the same being we fought in order to save the world back in the day,” I said as I watched Xeron siphon the corrupted Aether into herself on one side while I used my snow to purify it on the other side.
“Mmm, and I have a hard time believing you are the same easily embarrassed shy boy who managed to rally everyone into fighting me into a standstill and then sealing me away.”
My eyebrows scrunched fo...
2023-12-20 03:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“-- and you also made this formation with the wrong rune. If you want to do a reverse-summoning ritual, it’s important to –” Trevor continued to prattle as he looked at my and Xeron’s summoning ritual.
It was a wonder how the man of – usually – few words could flood the room with his lectures and insights when it came to magic. Especially interdimensional magic.
I couldn’t help the fond grin on my face.
We’d had a short chat, explaining each other’s situa...
2023-12-19 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I waved as we watched my son and his kids get inside the car and drive away. WIth a fond smile still plastered on my face, I lowered my arm, and both of us walked back inside.
“Hmm, I’m surprised you told your family the truth,” she said. “I could have simply hidden out of sight instead.”
I chuckled.
“I’ve always preached honesty. It would have been hypocritical not to tell them.” I shrugged. “Moreover, they all have already read the book I wrote about Alyz...
2023-12-18 03:00:01 +0000 UTC
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It had been a couple of weeks since I regained my aspect of snow. In that time I’d re-read my entire diary from back then at least a dozen times. I hadn’t felt this excited and full of energy since my teenage years.
After all, I still remembered. Back when I had first returned to Earth, I’d written down everything I’d remembered into the diary and then had spent months trying to figure out how to go back, how to regain my powers over the snow, or at least, how to contact my frie...
2023-12-17 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! I've been a part of a Secret Santa transfic writer event this year with my fellow trans writers and you can buy my story and all the other ones in the full collection (29 stories!) over here on itch.io! I will also be posting the whole story here over the next few days for you all to read to tide us over until I'm finished writing and editing th...
2023-12-16 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“... yeah, there probably is one in your room as well,” I concluded as I transformed back into my human form and walked out of the alleyway.
“Cool! I wonder where it leads,” Frank said with a wide grin.
“We can go check it out tomorrow. Right now we ought to return to… um, Wiland?” I looked at Casey questioningly.
She shrugged. “Feels a bit weird to call an entire world after one person now that it’s real, but sure, Wiland.”
I nodded.
“By th...
2023-12-14 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“Yo, Fox goddess!” my friend greeted me with a grin and a wave. “How’s it cooking today?”
My reply was a deadpan stare.
Even after everything, I still didn’t like thinking of myself as some kind of deity. Although being called goddess instead of god was always nice…
Uh, anyway…
“Not… that great,” I admitted. “I had another dream. You know… Like the last one I told you about.”
“Dream…?” His brows furrowed for a second before shoot...
2023-12-13 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I held my bleeding arm, crouching out of sight as quietly as possible as I peeked out into the dark rocky passageway with a sharp eye, my body tense. My breaths came out slowly and carefully.
I had no idea whether I would even survive this. But despite my fear, I kept quiet and made as little movement as possible.
The wait felt excruciating. Every second felt like an eternity. Every breath I took could have been my last.
And then… it came. The thing I had been wai...
2023-12-12 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“What… do you mean…?” I asked after a moment of stunned silence.
“This keep… this world is from my novel,” Casey repeated. “Either that, or it’s so similar to how I imagined everything that you might as well just call it my novel.”
“I… but…”
“Okay, hold up!” Frank raised his hands. “Are you saying that you came up with everything in this world yourself? Or did you like… have some kind of psychic dreams that told you about this wor...
2023-12-11 08:00:07 +0000 UTC
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We advanced slowly and quietly despite the place seeming abandoned.
Firstly, we tried checking the various rooms connected to the castle’s hallway. To our surprise, none of them were locked.
The first room we checked had several bunk beds. Sheets and pillows messily littered the place. Dust and mold covered everything and the residual stench made me nauseous.
“Barracks…? Looks like they all left in a hurry, huh?” Frank muttered, pinching his nose.
“Look at al...
2023-12-01 16:30:02 +0000 UTC
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Safe and sound at Casey’s place, we finally relaxed. If the devs were going to do anything, they would have done so a long time ago.
The three of us immediately transformed into your true forms once away from prying eyes, much to Elyssa’s amusement.
“Alright, so, this is my place,” Casey announced, swiping her arm around. “It’s not much, but like I mentioned, my parents should be gone for at least another week so you are good to stay here for now.”
“Thank you...
2023-12-01 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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“It’s right here,” I announced while pointing at the floating purple crack in space.
Elyssa hummed as she narrowed her eyes and scanned the spot I indicated. “I can’t see anything either.” She nodded to herself. “I suppose the ability to see them really is unique to you then.”
I grunted noncommittally before stepping closer, putting my fingers on the thing, and ripping the portal open just like always.
“Oh my…” the blond woman exclaimed. “I have never...
2023-12-01 15:30:01 +0000 UTC
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“So, how come you haven’t told us about the big mysterious blog post from the devs?” Frank asked as we approached Elyssa’s hut.
“Huh? Oh, I didn’t know about it,” Casey replied.
“Whaaat? I thought you were our elite hacking information broker mission control girl!”
Said girl rolled her eyes.
“They must have released that blog post after I last checked their website. I wasn’t really checking it yesterday.”
Frank sighed theatrically. “They...
2023-12-01 15:00:14 +0000 UTC
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My fingers curled around the rim and with the now familiar motion, I ripped open a hole in space-time into the RLO’s golden woods.
“Do you believe in maaagic?~” Frank sang behind me as Casey adjusted the hood of her white mage’s robes around her bunny ears. “In a young girl’s heeeeart!~ Naaana-na-naaana–”
I couldn’t help but crack a wry smile at Frank’s overwhelming enthusiasm.
Because of the dream, I wasn’t holding out a lot of hope that he would do mu...
2023-12-01 14:30:02 +0000 UTC
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I yawned as I made my way to school again. I’d barely gotten any sleep in after yesterday’s strange discovery. It was like the portals all over again. I just couldn’t let it go.
Way to take a day off to relax. I really must have been a workaholic.
“Hey… you alright?” Frank asked me.
I looked at him, contemplating what to say. “Yesterday… I had a look at my family tree.”
“Oh?”
“It didn’t make sense. Like someone forged the whole thing.”...
2023-12-01 14:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!
It's been a bit but I'm back to posting again, starting with the continuation of Hopping Celestial fox! I'll post a bunch of the new chapters soon and then slow down so that I can actually keep up with my writing pace.
On that note, I decided to make some changes to this patreon.
Firstly, I'll be switching to subscription billing, meaning nothing much should change for current patrons, but new ones will be billed immediately and then again the same day every month...
2023-12-01 13:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Pretty Flame gently floated down onto the building, spying the other person sitting at the edge of it. She transformed back into Erika and sneaked around, trying not to make any sound.
Obviously, sneaking up on her target was pretty much impossible, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t play around a little. Especially since her target decided to humor her and didn’t turn around yet.
She made it all the way to the edge of the building, carefully lifted her hands, and covered Jes...
2023-11-05 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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She looked exactly as she had dozens of times Jessica had seen her in the coma. Her hair was still fiery red, her skin silky smooth, and her eyes now revealed to be muted brown. Tears were streaking down from those eyes.
Jessica and Flame exchanged a look before cautiously walking closer.
“Everything was… my fault. I’m sorry.” Trish finally looked up and locked eyes with them. “And… thank you for saving me, Jessica.”
She seemed nothing like the ever-enthu...
2023-11-03 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Content warning: Possession
“--Fuck off, dipshit!” Jessica roared as soon her and Nomed finally managed to break through the fog and roused her conscious self.
It was blurry, but she remembered what had happened while she had been out. She had impaled someone. She remembered the blood and the voices telling her to stop. But she didn’t remember who she had stabbed.
Jessica was furious. Whoever that person w...
2023-11-01 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Content warning: Depression, suicidal thoughts
She floated through the void. Her senses were numbed, her eyes lidded, her body relaxed, her mind empty. If anyone were to see her expression, they might have mistaken her for a fresh corpse.
Noisy.
Everything outside… was just so noisy.
And so she pushed it all aside, closed her mind even more. The void enveloped her further, blocking out the damned noise.
But it didn’t help....
2023-10-30 03:00:02 +0000 UTC
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