Metropolis Novels & Stories

Haidar sighed and stirred his macchiato latte blankly outside the cafeteria window on the tenth floor. From here he can see a view of the city of Jakarta and the bustle of traffic jams on the highway. He was downhearted after a long and tiring night's service. Plus the relationship with Meta is still stuck and there hasn't been any development. Moreover, to convince Meta's parents that he could become a good priest for Meta, would be very difficult. Not sure yet, he was rejected outright.

James laughed. Inside the Perisphere, the tour of the futuristic idealistic city of the next millennia, Democracity, was viewed from revolving balconies that formed sizeable rings suspended above the idealized city. From there, mingled with the rest of the excited fairgoers, they watched a six minute video with Democracity portrayed as the utopian vision. Designed of residential neighborhoods called Pleasantvilles and interspersed with industrial Millvilles in a mixed-use type zoning separated by beautiful fields reserved for agriculture and recreation, it was sterile and clean and promised egalitarian happiness. At the business and industrial hub of Democracity, was The Center, linked by gr

It was so beautiful and tall I could get lost in it. "Why are everything big and tall here?" I asked " I mean how will you water the garden". " Miss Aria , there are many things you don't know yet about Naal city. There are only few humans here, the man owners are giants shapeshifters. That's why everything is so tall". Venetia said. " Giants shapeshifters" I scoffed ", those are only real in stories " I said as I turned to look at the garden back. " No, they are real miss Aria" Venetia said.

“Alright. But do not wander around without us, okay?” Maleficent was not able to answer Gukasho when she dashed towards the busy main street of the city. Unlike the city wherein she grew up, no skyscrapers could be seen. Instead, three stories buildings made of black-colored bricks littered the Rancid City. With the sky in constant darkness with no indication of day and night and with no worries of a sudden rain due to the absence of nature along with the four seasons, the mist that came from the chimneys of the taverns enveloped the capital city of the Nether World.

The impact sent him flying out of his ship and his legendary sword out of his grip and into the air. Eleejah stared in helpless petrifaction as the deluge of seawater fiercely devoured the whole city. She watched in trepidation. It was an image that will hold her in captive damnation forever; a constant trigger of scarrish nightmare and irrevocable pain. It was a memory so painful that will be congealed through time and space. Her beloved glorious city is gone.

I raised my brows and cleared my throat to heed what he will say. "Yeah, outside this city is dying, our family is infected with melancholy and mayhem and inside the borders barely will experience the misery outside the separators" He replied with his eyes laying at the window. The crowd outside the diner is gaining more citizens on the pavement - siege the window like ivies on the fences. Sounds of Winter City raise its volume of vehicles and city crowds. This place is a definition of a metropolis. We casually talk in our spot as the city gain more chimes while waiting for our order to be settled on the table.

Madeline's POV The car glided smoothly through the streets of Belmonte as the city transformed around us. The lights of the skyscrapers formed an urban constellation, blinking in a rhythm of their own, as if the metropolis had a beating heart. Night traffic was calmer than during the day, but there was still enough movement to create the city's familiar symphony with distant horns, engines humming, and the constant background noise of a city that never truly sleeps.

You learn about it in school but unless you already live here or you have a lot of money to shop or business to carry out here, there will never be any reason for an average werewolf to go to the city. Most wolves either lived in their packs or human towns. The Royal city was for the elite or the powerful. I was here in the middle of it. At it’s greatest symbol of power and luxury. Not as a guest or tourist but because it was my home and I was one of these people. Luthor had held the car door open for me and as I got out he was beaming with pride seeing the excitement in my eyes. I don’t know where to look first. “As soon as our doctor gives us the all clear we will do a pack bonding with th

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The roof began to shred, and the room shook, moving the foundation and making everyone hold on. Doc, ever vigilant, stayed with Phoenix and when he said, “Last one Luna, give it all you’ve got!” she grunted and the world paused when this tiny titan came into the world announcing her arrival with lungs that rivaled any Alpha wolf’s howl. The weather miraculously stopped, the sun came out and all was calm as if nothing ever happened. Both Gael and Phoenix heard the Goddess in their mind saying to them, ‘Congratulations Gael and Phoenix, It is my pleasure to introduce you to…..Serene. She will always be the calm in your storm.’