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Arena

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Dream SMP+2

the house always wins

by rinredacted

"You said you analyze people when they fight," Tommy says thoughtfully. "So you know what I fight like, right?” Technoblade seems reluctant to answer. “Yes,” he says, and Tommy leans forward, eyes wide and curiously interrogative. “Well?” “You fight like you’re dying.” Tommy "Theseus" Soot is the seven-time champion of the seasonal tournament hosted in Hypixel's Arena. Each season, he hopes to be paired with his best friend Ranboo, but the two never seem to get lucky enough. This winter, Tommy hopes for an easy eighth win to make his win streak two years long. When he's paired with temperamental Technoblade, who looks like he could kill someone with a glance, things start to seem like they might go south. Quickly.

Teen 117k words 8 / ? ch In progress 1.4k kudos

(involuntary) · Action/Adventure · Alternate Universe - Hunger Games Setting · Angst· +35 more

Voltron: Legendary Defender

Victory or Death

by IcyPanther

The Blades’ belief is absolute: the mission before the man. Keith experiences it firsthand as he’s left behind for dead at a Galra Empire base. But death is not to be his fate.It's something far, far worse.He’s brought to the Arena to fight where he finds it's not the fact he's a Blade that has made him a target of the Empire's hate. It's because he's a Galran halfbreed. And the only thing a pathetic halfbreed is good for? Entertainment. And he's going to entertain them all as their new, feral champion.Goodbye, Keith. Hello, Bloodlust.

Teen 19k words 10 ch Complete 1.3k kudos

Angst · Angst with a Happy Ending · Arena · BAMF Keith (Voltron)· +14 more

Voltron: Legendary Defender

The Price of Peace

by IcyPanther

They may have escaped the arena but things back home are far from all right. Keith is struggling. Shiro is hiding. Lance is suffering violent flashbacks and she's having nightmares too. It's wrong. It's all wrong. Pidge hates it. She wants her space family back. Not this broken version of them. It looks like she's just going to have to fix it. And Lance is going to help. "Protecting someone goes both ways," Pidge said quietly. "Like when we were there. I wouldn't have made it out without you, Lance. And you… you wouldn't have without me. We protected each other. I… I know you didn't want me to have to kill. Believe me, I didn't like it either. But I would do it again to protect you from having to."

General 8.4k words 1 ch Complete 786 kudos

Angst · Emotional Hurt/Comfort · Langst · Protective Lance (Voltron)· +13 more

Minecraft (Video Game)+1

what breaks me down makes me a man

by Misse2013

Tommy felt his wings spread out wide. The feeling was familiar but still so wonderful. The cheering from the crowd seemed to drown out as his relished in the feeling of his wings being free. There were no chains, no clings of metal against metal. He was free in those moments.or, Tommy’s a gladiator who somehow ends up in a found family situation with Ranboo (AU)(story title from “exposed” by matty fees)

Teen 14k words 8 / ? ch In progress 774 kudos

Alternate Universe · Arena · Author Is Sleep Deprived · Avian Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF)· +29 more

Voltron: Legendary Defender

What a Life is Worth

by IcyPanther

Missing scene from "Fall of the Castle of Lions/Tears of the Balmera" in which Lance gets whumped and Shiro angsts and worries. "Let him go," Shiro growled, fingers twitching behind him. The cold muzzle pressed harder against his head as purple sparks danced along his hand. "Now.""I wonder how long someone like him would last in the games," Sendak mused, sick smile lighting up his face. "He'd be a delight to see slaughtered. Perhaps you, Champion, would have the honor of ending his pathetic life."

Teen 6.9k words 1 ch Complete 648 kudos

Whump · Lance (Voltron) Whump · Shiro (Voltron) Whump · Shiro (Voltron) Angst· +7 more

Homestuck

Game of the Gods

by PageofHopes

A hundred Gods fight to the death for the Ultimate Reward. Which title will prove to be supreme?

Teen 4.5k words 11 / ? ch In progress 600 kudos

Battle Royale - Freeform · Title · God tiers · Titles· +3 more

Leverage

Together

by bigsunglasses

The arena is not a good place to be. The only way to survive it is together. A Roman-ish AU. Eliot, Parker and Hardison fighting as gladiators.

Teen 4k words 1 ch Complete 392 kudos

Community: hc_bingo · Alternate Universe - Gladiators · Arena · Protectiveness· +4 more

Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types+1

Aegaeon's Knight

by TheInnocentMage

When Percy is kidnapped, the camps search futilely for the hero of Olympus. But four years later with no trace of the Sea Prince, Percy's survival begins to be questioned. Then an encounter with a group of Cyclopes alerts the demigods that the son of Poseidon is alive. A seventeen year old Nico and immortal Jason, Leo and Hazel set out to rescue the Percy, but after inhuman torture, lost memories and fabricated loyalty, the Percy they find, isn't the one they lost. Percico.

Teen 8.3k words 4 / ? ch In progress 329 kudos

Anxiety · Arena · Blood and Gore · Enemy Gods· +16 more

Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan

Poseidons Children

by DhyLync

Nico was sure he was gay and for Percy, but what happens when Percy's step-sister arrives to camp. Nico is instantly attracted to her, but he still likes Percy. Damn Poseidon's Children First Fanfic guys so yeah. Im excited. XD

Teen 8.8k words 5 / ? ch In progress 181 kudos

Love · A little of Pernico · Poseidon] · Quests· +13 more