Face Smacking

Silence. Like a nice bucket of shhhhhhhhh. Everyone shut the effing fudge UP! That's all I've ever wanted. *Sigh.* But silence comes in different flavors. There's mint - the peaceful kind that wraps around you like a blanket. The kind I chase at 2 AM. I've cried once. Just once. With a bucket beside me, watching heroes with super suits and impossible strength tear each other apart. Somehow that feels less broken than my reality. Then there's the suffocating silence at school. Not an ice cream flavor. This one tastes like metal and shame. High school is my personal hell. Empty wallet, empty lunch tray, empty seat beside me like I'm radioactive. Empty soul on Wednesdays because middles are always the worst. *The usual.* But Emily made the silence bearable. Mint-flavored again. Until she broke something between us. *Snap.* One moment she's whispering secrets with me, the next she's weaponizing them. She scattered my private thoughts, added her own twisted lies. The betrayal burns hotter than the stares drilling into my back. I went from invisible to spectacle. Being a ghost feels like luxury when you're dodging spit balls and "accidental" lunch trays. But somewhere between my third panic attack and contemplating switching schools... *Something shifted.* Like in those games you play, when your character suddenly glows and the screen flashes: "New Skill Unlocked" And it wasn't just in my head. I tested it. Small things at first – a pencil moving across my desk when I focused hard enough. Then books. Then someone's lunch tray right as they walked past Emily. *tap tap tap* I used to think rock bottom was the end. *Well ladies and gentlemen,* it's just a really messed up spawn point. And now? I don't stumble from cliffs anymore. I swim in gravity, and dive head first.

After dying in a fission blast that decimated an entire state, Maxmillan's soul transmigrated into the body of a five-year old in a new world where Astra Mystralis — an energy that causes endless magical manifestations, could be harnessed and manipulated to invoke countless amazing magical effects. But unfortunately for Maxmillan, he couldn't sense or perceive Astra Mystralis, talk more of control or manipulate it and was therefore labeled a 'Reject' which prevented him from interacting with anyone in the society, since they avoided him like a deadly contagious plague that killed immediately it was contracted. So, with such a label accompanying Maxmillan everywhere, how would he survive? How would he fare against the oppressive, abusive and wicked intimidatory acts done to him by the proud and lofty casters of Astra Mystralis? Would he be able to thrive and function in a world where everyone, including five to six-year olds could control Astral Mystralis and bring about myriad fascinating magical effects? To know more, follow Maxmillan in his unfathomably-arduous journey as he tries to survive, thrive and defeat every nigh-insurmountable odd that would appear in his path using the Supreme Battle-Technology System; a dimension-warping, living technological consciousness that possesses near-infinite, super-advanced technologies and would rewardingly empower him with futuristic items like: Multiple-Barrel Laser Burst Emission Gun, Strength-Amplifying Exo-Mechanical Arms, Wide-Area Plasmic and Electric Arc Grenades, Outer-Space Fast-Flight Heavy Armor, Turbo-Thruster Propelled Super-Speed Ultracycle and many others, for as long as he can complete suddenly prompted tasks, quests and missions before their stipulated deadlines. So, with unending technological empowerments, biological augmentations, and advanced cybernetical fortifications obtained from the Supreme Battle-Technology System, watch how a war-seasoned Maxmillan will fight his way through teeming large numbers of Astra Mystralis users and gradually ascend to a great height of fame, honor and glory!

🏆[No.2 "Hard to Put Down" of "The Legendary Urban Man" Contest]🏆 Anthony Star has a dark secret that no one should ever find out, especially his in-laws.Everyday he’s treated worse than an infection by those around him but thanks to his wife he manages. She is his light in this cruel world but in a single day he’s shot, beaten, arrested, almost dies then finds out that his wife is missing!To save her, he returns to his past as a big-shot in the underground crime world and takes his revenge on anyone who has ever wronged him before. Welcome back Mr. Star Dust and if that wasn’t enough, he finds out the truth of who he really is. He is….

Henry Flakes got married to a successful businesswoman and was maltreated by his in-laws because he was so poor, he caught his wife cheating on him and without guilt she filed a divorce since he wasn't needed in her life anymore. He was thrown out and was completely broken, all he could think about was seeking revenge. He reached for his phone and dialed a number. Within moments, Large Group of expensive Black Mercedes Benz arrived, led by a leader as he came down. "Young master, you have passed the test, It's time for you to take over the multi-billion dollar wealth."

John, a successful businessman and loving husband, has his life turned upside down after a tragic accident leaves him crippled and confined to a wheelchair. As he struggles to come to terms with his new reality, he faces an unexpected challenge: his father-in-law, who once admired and respected him, now sees him as a burden. Just when John starts to rebuild his life, he receives a mysterious walking stick that changes everything. Will this enigmatic gift bring him more fortune, or will it lead him down a path of uncertainty? Follow John's inspiring journey as he navigates the resilient journey and regains his former glory and more

Johnny Burns, a lowly, homeless commoner whose girlfriend had been cheating on him with a hotshot, was unprepared to be nearly killed on the way to deliver a package. Luckily, the Divine Power System awakened in his body, making him one of the rare people with superpowers. Now part of the elite, he discovered that he's the long lost heir to the Burns family, known for their fire power, but what they don't know is that he can do more than just use fire. With his unlimited power, he was going to take the world by storm. Mega Writing Prompt #002/MWP#002

Billion Everest was regarded as a nobody, his only achievement seemed to be getting married to the daughter of renowned lawyer, Joshua Brown. However, he had a secret which could have changed it all. After catching his wife cheating and he was arrested by his father in law, he was made to divorce his wife. But then, unlike crawling back to them like they had expected, he returned back to his father, Lord Boulevard and assumed his position as Billion Boulevard, heir to the Boulevard empire and then, he set out to take revenge on all who had mocked and humiliated him.

"Remove this penniless piece of trash from our sight. Miserable college dropout! Shameless thief! Son-in-law my ass!" Penury, Love, Hatred, Betrayal, and Wealth collided! Raphael was accused of being a THIEF! He was termed a son of a promiscuous mother! In a designed scheme against his late mother; Raphael was disinherited and his inheritance willed to his younger step-brother. His late father shamefully threw him and his late mother out of the family house. Raphael's mother, due to depression from the scheme against her, died of a heart attack and left him all alone against the world that mercilessly despised him. Raphael lived in undescribable penury, humiliated by his rich family in-laws, whom he worked under in a five-star hotel as a part-time Room Service Agent. He fell prey to their organized scheme that dirtied his image and had him arrested. Raphael was betrayed by the ones he trusted and shamefully got dumped by the one he exchanged marital vows with. Raphael battled against every obstacle that stood in his way to ensure he exposed the scheme that allegedly stained his image and ensured his oppressors pay dearly. He vehemently fought hard to clear up his late mother's image as a "Slut" Would he successfully achieve his profound life goals when he finally got bestowed with wealth? or would the hunger for revenge limit the progress of his ambitions? Find out in the intriguing chapters of “The Emergence of Raphael Gauthier.”

Liam Wellington was the quiet force behind his wife Ruby’s rise to stardom, the supportive husband who stayed in the shadows while she basked in the spotlight. To everyone else, Liam was just a simple househusband, someone without ambition or influence. But what no one knew, especially not Ruby, was that he was the one who pulled the strings in the industry, silently shaping her career. Everything changes when Ruby asks for a divorce. She’s been cheating on him with Rowan Beckett and sees Liam as weak and disposable, unaware of the power he holds. The betrayal shatters him, but it also ignites a fire within. Now, he’s ready to show her, and the world, just how wrong she was. Determined to reclaim everything he sacrificed for her, Liam begins to dismantle the very career he helped her build. As Ruby celebrates her latest success, oblivious to the storm gathering around her, Liam plans his next move with cold precision. In a world where fame is fleeting and loyalty is rare, Liam is about to step out of the shadows and take back control. What follows is a tale of revenge, power, and a reckoning that no one saw coming. The Unstoppable Celebrity Ex-Husband.

Abandoned by his family, despised by his in laws, Kevin was the golden heir to the wealthiest family in Veridonia until one risky move which cost him everything” and everyone. But now, his gamble is finally about to pay off and Kevin is ready to roll the dice again.