《Specter of Oliver Queen》Chapter 1
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Disclaimer: I do not own Arrow or any of its characters. DC,WB, CW, and the Arrow Writers own most of the ideas in this story.
A/N: I have seen a lot of stories like this one and I wanted to see what I could do with it. I will also be writing this story in my way so some of it will be a little different then it was in the show. Hope you enjoy it, and please leave reviews and let me know what you think.
It was the year 2040 and two young adults were talking to each other about what they planned to do to make Team Arrow a better team in the past so that so much tragedy didn't happen. They didn't know if their plan would work but for the present that they were living in it was worth a try, because anything was better than what they were living now.
"Are you sure you want to do this? You know if this works, it could wipe you out of existence?" The boy asked.
"I think I am destined to be born either way. If not, then hopefully at least things will be better after we show them what they need to fix." The girl said.
"Ok. If you are sure then we will do this. So, who are we going to bring here to watch this?" The boy asked.
"Well, I was thinking Thea, Laurel, Sara, Moira, Tommy, Diggle, Roy, and Quentin." The girl said.
"What about your mom? Don't you think she should be here as well?" The boy asked.
"No, if she comes then she is going to try to get with dad even though we know it is for the best that she doesn't." The girl said
"If this is what you think is best then I say we go for it. Hopefully you will be my full sister instead of half-sister by the time this is over." The boy said.
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"I think I will be once she sees what really happened." The girl said.
"Ok, I am trusting you here Mia. I don't want to lose you. We make a good team." The boy said.
"Everything will work out Conner, you just have to have faith like I do." Mia said.
"Well, lets do this. Who is going after who?" Conner asked.
"I will go after Thea, Laurel, Sara and Moira. You will go after Tommy, Diggle, Roy and Quentin." Mia said.
"Ok, I will see you back here when we are done collecting the people we need here." Conner said as he opened a portal with a watch on his arm to send him back to October 9, 2012, the day before Oliver Queen's return from Lian Yu.
Mia did the same thing and went back to the same time to collect who she was after. Her first target was her aunt Thea. She didn't really know her aunt well because she had always been off with her League of Heroes that she and Talia had created. She went to the prep school that she knew that her aunt would be going to in this time period and waited for her to show up.
When Thea showed up for school that day Mia approached her and said, "I need you to come with me. I have some information that you might find interesting."
"As interesting as that sounds, you are going to have to give me more than that." Thea said.
"What if I said it was about your brother being alive?" Mia asked.
"You have my attention. What do I need to do?" Thea asked.
"Just go through this portal and when I am done retrieving everyone else, I will tell you what is going on." Mia said.
"That sounds kind of fishy to me. I think I will pass." Thea said.
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"I was hoping to do this the easy way." Mia said as she shot Thea with a tranquilizer dart and then took her through the portal.
Once she was back in 2012, Mia decided to just tranquilize the rest of her targets. She went after Laurel first, then Sara, and finally Moira. Once she had all of her targets back to the future she looked over and saw that Conner had already picked up all of his targets and was waiting for them to wake up.
"How did you get them here so fast?" Mia asked.
"I didn't try to talk to them I just tranquilized them and brought them back." Conner said and Mia nodded.
Soon after the tranquilizer started to wear off and they could see their targets starting to wake up. Once they were all awake some of them started to ask questions.
"What is going on here and who are you two?" Quentin asked.
"We have brought you all here to show you some information that will be very important to all of you." Mia said.
"What is so important about it anyways?" Moira asked.
"You will see soon enough. Right now, though, I think it is important to start with introductions, my name is Conner, and this is my sister Mia. We are from the future and we want to show you some information about our dad so that you can help him become who is meant to be and hopefully that will help change this future that we have." Conner said.
"You said you name is Conner, and you are from the future. Does that mean you are who I think you are?" Laurel asked.
"I could never get anything by you mom. We have to help dad become who he is supposed to be." Conner said.
"Sorry, but why would I want to do anything for him since he is the one who cheated on me with my own sister?" Laurel asked as she pointed at her sister.
"Laurel, I swear, I never slept with Ollie. I wanted to but he wouldn't have anything to do with that. I told him that I wanted to tour China for a couple of days. That is the only reason why he let me on board the ship." Sara said.
"Why should I believe you?" Laurel said.
"Once we start on the videos you will see what happened. We are going to show you what he has been doing while he has been away the past five years and we will also show you some of the future so that you will know what needs to be changed. Does that sound good to you guys?" Mia asked.
"Sounds fine. You said that you were Conner's sister, does that mean that you are Laurel's daughter as well?" Quentin asked.
"No, Laurel would never give dad another chance so he moved on, but he was never truly happy like he would have been with Laurel. He and mom never really trusted each other." Mia said.
"Ok, so when can we start this so we can see what we have to do?" Roy asked.
"Take a seat and we will start right now if you are ready." Conner said and everyone took a seat and the video started to play.
A/N: I hope everyone liked the start of this story. Just a few quick notes here. Conner is the child of Oliver and Laurel. Laurel found out she was pregnant after the Gambit sunk. Mia is still Oliver and Felicity's child for now. Oliver never cheated with Samantha, so there will be no William. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and please leave some reviews and let me know what you think so far.
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Madness Led by the Hands
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8 261I am Just a Broken Machine
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8 130Art of Mortality
New Synopsis after chapter 56: Long long ago, there was a mortal who despised the gods and envied the immortals. Why do the mortals have to die when the gods wish them to? Why do worlds have to perish when the gods say so? Why do only immortals get to live forever, why not mortals like him? As his family, friends, and his loved one died, he lamented. He wailed, he cried. He cursed the immortals, blasphemed the gods, spat at the heavens. But he was just a mere mortal. His curses were pointless, his blasphemous words were useless, and his spits only returned back to fall on his face. At last, he thought, enough was enough, he would definitely do something about it. He decided that it was time for the multiverse to know what a mortal can do. He was the first mortal to cultivate. Eventually, after a long struggle, he killed the Immortals, enslaved the Gods, and shattered the heavens. He reshaped the multiverse and rewrote his fate. In the end, he reincarnated as he decided upon a grand scheme, a scheme to rule 'All and Always'. He came up with the concept of what is known today as 'Paragon'. And with this, all of reality, 'All and Always', was finally reforming, according to a Mortal's Wish. Synopsis (Old): In the vast and complex multiverse, what can a mortal accomplish? In the grand scheme of things, what can a mortal change? In truth, what is a mortal, and what is mortality? Being mortal is being ordinary, the same as being trash, or so says The World. "No, mortality is an art, and a true mortal is a grand artist. Being the root of all, a mortal can become anything.", says a young mortal boy. Meet Edward Alexander, a mortal boy walking the path against gods and immortals, fighting to the end to rewrite his destiny, and change the grand scheme of things. Can he really change the grand scheme of things? Or maybe he himself is the Grand Schemer? To know the answer, follow Edward Alexnder on his journey to demonstrate the Art of Mortality.*******
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Summary Alexander Weiss, an intelligent and slightly unusual man, always dreamt of becoming a mage. Sadly, reality is harsh and even his best efforts never allowed him to achieve his goal during his lifetime... or did they? One has to be careful what they wish for, lest they might live to see it fulfilled. Description Follow Alex, a man whose pursuit of magic could not even be stopped by his non-magical reality, going as far as to create it himself, only to encounter an unsurmountable obstacle shortly before achieving his lifes goal, denying him all access to these powers. His journey will take him through a miraculous world, full of wonders, magic and manic beasts trying to devour him! He will learn much about this world during his adventures, exploring individual aspects of the System and the various monsters that came from it... or did they? Strong points What you'll get from this novel is the following (read with overly enthusiastic salesman-voice) : • An ending! I'll complete it, no matter what. Well, not "no matter what", but as long as I don't unexpectedly end, this novel won't either! • Good grammar! Might not be perfect, but it's definitely good enough to not detract from the story in the slightest. I'll also fix any reported mistakes as soon as possible, be they grammatical, syntactical or just inconsistencies. • No plot-armor! Or plot-weapons! Or plot-... potions? And no plot-holes! If you see some, it's most likely information that is being witheld for future revelations! But in the (hopefully) very unlikely case of such a vile beast being encountered, please inform me immediately and I'll see to slaying it without grace! (Translation: If you see plot-holes, tell me and I'll fix them) • Logic! [Hidden : Spoilers][Hidden : More Spoilers] [Moved to Chapter [Hidden Spoiler]'s Author's Note] Marvelous, I know! • Blue Boxes! And maybe something more! • Sensible retroactive edits! Not to be confused with radioactive edits! You'll not have to re-read previous chapters, even if they get some major edits. If they were to receive new information, I'll add that very information to the newly released chapters too, in a reasonable way. • Realism! Shocking, I know! Especially considering the tag related to that and the point about "Logic!". This also means that the story will be... well, realistically depicting a pretty messed up world. Don't expect bunnies... at least not cute ones. • Relatively faster paced! No long and boring descriptions of irrelevant stuff. There will be some longer descriptions about important things, but that's gonna be necessary world- and/or character-building! • Short action! Might not be a plus for some, but you won't have to look at a whole (or, god forbit, multiple) chapter describing a fight against the same enemy... • Strategy and hard progression! It's a dog-eat-dog world! No grinding/power-creep! If you're up against three enemies of your level at once, you've already lost! • Understanding! It will be mostly about discovering the wonders of this new world and how it became like that, all while trying to survive. So there will be enough action nonetheless! • Humor! Sometimes dark, sometimes light, always at the worst moment! • Constructive critics, welcome! Destructive critics, nope... I can handle criticism though, so don't go easy on me! Just make sure it's really a mistake when complaining about something. • Will add more in the future! If I can think of more stuff...
8 169Artificial Selection: A Near Future Thought Experiment
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