Gate Worlds Novels & Stories

She reached out and pushed the gate before I could, and to everyone's absolute surprise, the heavy black gates opened with a quiet, easy groan. There were no warding sparks, no blood sigils flaring to life across the threshold, and no defensive spells blocking our path. “Something is wrong,” Galena, another she-wolf in our group, said softly, her hand instantly dropping to the dagger strapped at her waist. “The witches won't just leave their sanctuary unguarded like this.” We stepped through the open gates and onto the broad stone path leading deeper into the compound. The sanctuary grounds were enormous, stretching wide under high archways that framed the path toward the main building—a tal

I clenched my fist so hard until my knuckles became white before heaving a long sigh, “What can I do?” Even though I had Hercules’s powers, I didn’t have the strength to help them. I was just a kid with a small party of friends. Wishing to end this crisis soon, all I could do was pray. The seven suns were about to rise, and we arrived at our destination. “Here we are,” Mary exclaimed. “Black Tortoise Gate.” “I don’t see any pictures of tortoises anywhere,” Li commented. Despite its name, we didn’t find anything resembling a tortoise. Just like the Azure Dragon Gate, there were no images of dragons in sight.

Then: "There he is." Then: "The slow one." Honestly? Fair. Very fair. Reasonable honestly. Then Thomas looked around. Then: "What happened here?" Nobody answered immediately. Then Darius pointed forward. Then Thomas saw it. A giant gate. Black. Massive. Covered in blue runes. The Fifth Key floated behind it. Visible. Yet unreachable. Then Eryx sighed. Then: "The gate won't open." Silence. Then: "We've tried everything." Then Rowan nodded.

The whispers of the celestial beings spoke of the gateway as a threshold to transcendence, where the very essence of the universe would become an integral part of their being. With determination in their hearts, Victoria and Alexander approached the celestial gateway. Scenes from the lives of astral beings played out in vivid displays, contributing to the cosmic symphony that resonated through the astral realm. The symbols on the walls pulsed with ethereal luminescence, acknowledging the impending ascendance. The whispers of the celestial beings intensified, revealing the gateway as a portal to the outer edges of the universe—a place where mortal limitations dissolved, and the boundless expa

I closed my eyes as I stepped out and stood in front of the large gates, a tear slipped out of my eyes as memories flooded through my mind. James wrapped his arms around me and warmth flooded through my body relaxing every nerve present, a few more tears slipped my eyes and then I finally opened them. I moved ahead and the gates opened as usual. The gates were protected by magic, they could only open if a witch or a wizard was approaching it. It was to protect the people and the world to separate it from the rest of the human universe. It was a beautiful world above the clouds.

he murmured, raking a hand through his locks. Three years after her disappearance, his father had asked him to journey to the Earth Realm through the gateway given to them by the Keys and establish a safehold there to protect the humans from accidentally crossing over to the Tempest. His father had wanted and still wanted him to act as border control and weed out malicious doers. The gateway was within the Pearl kingdom, bordering the Elovaisus Forest in the Tempest Elysium. Here in the Earth Realm, the gateway was in the middle of the woods in back of their estate on their expansive territory somewhere in Ireland.

I swirled my finger again, closing the portal. Theo chuckled in understanding. "That's why you needed to map them. To name them." I blushed, but nodded. "This one is called Home Gate." I turned on one of the monitors beside the cabinet. A electronic gridded map system blinked to life, blue dots over all of the portals I'd mapped across between Sparrow Falls and Santa Feia, with Gens help, and the names appearing when pressed. "They should be easy to remember, I tried to keep them simple and to the area."

She quickly scooped some more into her mouth and she felt her energy coming back to her, she didn't notice it but damn she was exhausted. "Now that you've regained your energy, sit down and listen I'll tell you everything you need to know" Elle nodded and sat down "For starters, you are still on Earth but in a different realm. A realm that no one in the human realm really knows about. This realm and most of the creatures in it are as old as the first human to exist, it's called the guardian realm because it exists to guard and protect the world, especially humans, yes! Humans" the tree said, and Elle looked at her skeptically

On top of the giant gold block was a gold goblet filled with red liquid and a small roll of fragile-looking paper. "Um, I'm sorry." With her entire face going red, Kat turned to Calix. "Maybe it's a glitch? I know this isn't the gateway—" "Do not worry," he said, but he looked plenty worried himself. Still, he strode inside with Auric in tow. "This is also a gateway, but it hasn't been used in a long time." She sighed in relief. "And by long time you mean what? A year?" "About five thousand years." Calix wiped his face free of emotion and beckoned her to come in. "Come in and close the door behind you."

We drove for almost twenty minute, Dave kept staring at me and I was praying we won't die on the road because he was not concentrating. I lean closer to him and peck him at the side of his lips. "That's not fair!" I want a real kiss " he said like a baby. "You're driving Dave..do you want us to run into a tree?" I asked He smiled and then I noticed we were driving into a big compound. Dave horned twice before the gate was opened. It was late but I could see how magnificent the building was. "He drove into the garage and parked his car. I let my mouth drop open when I noticed four other expensive cars were parked there. Heavens! I whispered