Write about a character who’s had their future foretold from birth — but isn’t sure if they believe it.

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“A Winding Path” by Angelica Black

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Ever since I was a little kid I was told exactly how my life was going to play out. I was born into a rich family, who did everything they could to give me a good life and education. That meant I got a chip placed into my wrist.. Now, for all those Christians out there, sorry but no, it’s not the end of times. The chip only tells them what my future holds. Most people are only told small snippets of their future, only see flashes of what they are supposed to be. Me? I see everything, and my family takes that for granted. To see my fu...

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“The Word Of The Gypsy” by Greg Gillis

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Western, West Virginia – 1969: It was at the base of Spruce mountain, the highest peak of all of the Allegheny Mountains where Sara and her boyfriend, Jason, had met her for the first time; the old gypsy woman named Madam Foresta. She was said to have foresight beyond all understanding. Sara was three-months pregnant with Jason’s child, and although she was excited about having a baby, she wasn’t sure how her fa...

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“The Mirror” by Nurul FA

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The future can change over time according to the actions we take. I want to believe it. I can be whatever I aim to be, as long as I put in the effort and consistent to get through the process. I tried to convince my parents about that. Convincing them to believe in themselves and their abilities not only on luck and predictions from the past.My parents believed from birth that I would give them the blessings of wealth because of the Tedhak Siten, Javanese tradition, that was done when I was 8 months old. During the confinement pro...

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“THE DATE ON THE DOOR” by Mara Masolini

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Joan was forty years old and that was her first pregnancy, which had not caused her partcular inconveniences. The birth, instead, was complicated. After three days of labour it was decided that the baby would be born with a caesarian section. Joan knew that the newborn would be a little boy, so she had already chosen the name for him: David. It was when the baby was about to be extracted from her belly, and she, exhausted by the long labour, was feeling more dead than alive, that she had that...that kind of vision. On a white page, as lar...

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“Talia's Choice” by Silvia Skye

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Falling down the dust bellowed up around, Talia rolled over onto her stomach, grabbed her lance and flipped to her feet. The man in front of her was grinning as they circled each other. After a few more jabbing and thrusting she was knocked back down into the dirt. Screaming in frustration, she threw my lance down in a fit a rage. Thor, her trainer sighed as he leaned against his lance and frowned. “You have to try harder, focus.” He twirled his lance and placed it on the racks filled with a variety of weapons. “I am focusing”, she poute...

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“Project Charmed” by Raegan Mabry

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I have never laid awake wondering what tomorrow will hold. I have never gotten butterflies wondering if a guy will like me. I have never even ran downstairs on Christmas morning wondering what Santa brought. I never had too, I know what's going to happen in my life, or at least I think I do. It didn’t used to be this way you know. Before all of the fighting and negativity people were happy. Everything changed once the colleges started to open up. Because my country is so overpopulated, there were not enough colleges to take in all of t...

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“The crazy family” by Julie Adamson

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My aunt Greta was weird, the whole family has told me this through my whole life. She lived a nomad lifestyle with her numerous lovers. Every so often she would show up. Stay for a while causing havoc and leave. I was scared of her as a child, she wore long black dresses and had long black hair that was wild and unbrushed. I thought she was an evil witch. When I was five she told me she was a gypsy witch and all they did was good. She still scared me. Whenever she turned up I w...

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“Destiny Foretold ” by Marian Reiley

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The moment my mother, Mara, gave birth to me, the Wisewoman held me and gave me my Proclamation. The matronly female did this with every infant. It's tradition in our tribe. "This child is special;" the Wisewoman said. "When calamity comes from the outside, she will be salvation for our people." My mother wanted to ask what that meant but she was too tired and shocked. So the Wisewoman left for her next appointment. That was fifteen years ago. I'm almost old enough to have a family of my own. Yet I'm still the most unremarkable girl in o...

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“A dreamy girl” by Sindu Parkavi

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Alarm ring around 7:00 am.I woke up and brushed my teeth and took bath. I came out from bathroom and started to dress up. I wore my favourite salwar and went out of the room to take up my breakfast.When I stepped out I found a new girl named Shyama from Kerala. I gave a smile and introduced myself with that Malayala kutty.I am Advika, a twenty years old girl from Tamil Nadu. I am pursuing my graduation in Arts in Christ College Bangalore. I am studying in the Central Campus on the Hosur Road. I stayed as a PG(paying guest) in Grand Paradise ...

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“Homicidal Housewives are Overrated” by Alista Richardson

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“You’re gonna get into a car accident by 19.” Yeah, right. So here I am, sitting my ass on my parent’s old Fuschia colored couch without a single friend or even a driver’s license. That wrinkly elderberry-smelling “Oracle” lady can suck my toes! I lift and drop my hands with a huff, the worn cushions around me make a phuff noise and sink under the weight of my arms. There’s only so much Criminal Minds, Forensic Files, and Cold Cases one can stomach in a day and I've been sitting here for 30 hours of the last two days. Who knew ...

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“The Sleep” by Eve Scarlett

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I was going to die. That's what she told me, anyway. She said she knew this the moment I was born. Today was my last day. As I sat there eating, I contemplated my short life. Could it really be possible that my life could be over so soon? It really wasn’t fair. I thought about how beautiful the world was. The green grass, for example. I love to watch the dew drops sparkling on it in the mornings, and see it part as critters move through it, going about their lives. I wish I could just go abou...

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“MARKED” by Ijnal Iwus

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Mama and Papa are usually be up at 5am to do their chores,while my siblings and I would wait for 6 am for us to be up. It gives me more time to read through my uncle Oto's diary especially during the week days,since he is out in the fields and also to stay as far as I can from the monster that grabs children up when they wake up at 5 am. I know it is a lie and there is no monster,I just love obeying my parents like we are taught in Sunday school. My uncle's diary just happens to be the best thing I have stumbled upon. He talks about his futu...

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“The Actor Who Stole The Fire” by Sarah Elkashief

Submitted to Contest #62

Preparing for the main role in the play, here is John in the old library. This library is ancient as life, and has millions of books. It survived both birth and death of nations and civilizations. People say that one of the tyrants tried once to burn it as it was a resort to the refugees from his dictatorship. Yet history fails to write how it survived and the link between his death and the survival of the library. John is always obsessed with this gothic library, and feels as if there is a mys...

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“Hamsa” by James Alcivar

Submitted to Contest #62

Mama was a superstitious woman. She hung the dreamcatcher with the bristling white feathers above her bed, and her wooden bedstands were brimming with opalescent stones brought by mysterious vendors to ward off the pernicious spirits, the entry ways were lined with salt, horse shoes were hung on nails, and in the center of her room was the Hamsa, the evil eye watching over her. Despite all her protective symbols, Mama was never content, she always needed more. Mama loved to say she knew the future, specifically my future. I remember days i...

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“The Cinderella Prophecy” by Jocelyn Ward

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"Cinderella!" My heartbeat escalated as I heard Stepmother call my name, well my nickname. It wasn't meant to be a nickname, but over the years it had adapted into one.I heard Stepmother's heels clicking on the stairsteps, my bedroom was in the attic of our manor and required climbing several flights of stairs to enter my room. I frantically shoved the dress I had been stitching into the drawer of my dresser. I leaped onto my bed and sat innocently just as she opened the door to my room."Why are you absent from your chores?" She asked, glowe...

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Write about a character who’s had their future foretold from birth — but isn’t sure if they believe it.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 152 stories

“A Winding Path” by Angelica Black

“The Word Of The Gypsy” by Greg Gillis

“The Mirror” by Nurul FA

“THE DATE ON THE DOOR” by Mara Masolini

“Talia's Choice” by Silvia Skye

“Project Charmed” by Raegan Mabry

“The crazy family” by Julie Adamson

“Destiny Foretold ” by Marian Reiley

“A dreamy girl” by Sindu Parkavi

“Homicidal Housewives are Overrated” by Alista Richardson

“The Sleep” by Eve Scarlett

“MARKED” by Ijnal Iwus

“The Actor Who Stole The Fire” by Sarah Elkashief

“Hamsa” by James Alcivar

“The Cinderella Prophecy” by Jocelyn Ward

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a character who can suddenly only “remember” their future, not their past.

Write about two characters on the verge of a life-changing event, but one has rigged the outcome.

Write about a character preparing to go into stasis for decades (or centuries).

Write about a character putting something into a time capsule.

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