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The Classroom Portal & The Shadow Selves

Fifteen-year-old Aiden always excelled at being overlooked in the dreary halls of Crestwood High. But when he discovers a hidden, glowing portal in the back of Classroom 10-B—a portal only he can perceive—his life of invisibility ends. Stepping into the Aether, the mirror dimension of the school, Aiden discovers a terrifying truth: this realm is powered by the collective emotional baggage of every student. Stress, resentment, and jealousy don't just feel heavy here—they manifest as grotesque, powerful monsters called Shadow Selves. Chosen by the cryptic Shadow Keeper, Aiden is tasked with a brutal duty: use his new-found insight to defeat the Shadow Selves before they achieve consciousness and cross into the real world. He is reluctantly joined by Mia, the hyper-logical top student whose mind refuses to accept magic, and Zane, the class clown whose immense fear makes him surprisingly sensitive to the Aether's shifting energies. They are a fractured team fighting a psychological war in an upside-down reality. But the barrier is failing. The Shadow Selves are evolving, and the line between the two schools is bleeding. When Aiden discovers that the most dangerous Shadow of all belongs to one of his closest friends—and that a piece of his own suppressed darkness is waiting for him inside the Aether—he realizes the price of failure is not just chaos, but the utter collapse of his world into a storm of raw, uncontrollable emotion.
Mehul_mongA · 424 Views

The Author's Draft

"Failed writer. Failed hunter. Failed at life." Aiden Jus had heard it all before. At twenty-eight, he was a walking reminder of what happened when you failed your mana awakening and spent thirteen years chasing a dream that would never come true. No powers. No future. Just a cramped flat in the UK and a lifetime of rejection letters from publishers who never bothered to read past the first page. But the day Aiden decided to give up on writing—the day he was ready to finally accept a soul-crushing desk job at an editing firm—everything changed. *[You have been chosen by Nabu, God of Literacy and Scribes]* *[Skill Acquired: Narrative Embodiment (Divine-Rank)]* The ancient Mesopotamian deity offered Aiden something unprecedented: the power to physically enter any story he writes and gain real abilities from the fictional worlds he creates. *[You have mastered Celestial Blade Art - Skill permanently acquired]* *[You have learned Tier-9 Spell: Void Severance - Spell permanently acquired]* Every sword technique mastered, every spell learned, every power gained inside his stories becomes permanently his in the real world. But so does every death trap, overpowered villain, and narrative cruelty he carelessly wrote in moments of frustration. Suddenly, Aiden isn't just a failed writer anymore. While other awakened humans rely on mana cores and dungeon raids, Aiden's strength comes from the worlds born from his imagination—a power that operates outside the traditional hunter system entirely. As rival gods compete for powerful human contractors and ancient ruins promise unimaginable treasures, Aiden must survive the deadly fictional universes he created while building his reputation in a society that once dismissed him as worthless. **From the typewriter to the battlefield, Aiden Jus will prove that the pen truly is mightier than the sword—as long as you're willing to live through every word you write.** --- *An action-fantasy progression series blending real-world hunter systems, divine contracts, multi-genre story realms, and the ultimate question: What would you do if you had to survive your own worst writing?* Author's Note 1 chapter per day.
Mr_Raiden · 1.4k Views