Fate is Cruel, but I'm Worse

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• 500 Missing Years by CosmicVyn

  Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  05 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Original Character(s)/Original Character(s)
  • Original Genshin Impact Characters
  • Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
  • Mentioned Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
  • like super brief mention at the end
  • Khaenri'ah (Genshin Impact)
  • The Cataclysm | Fall of Khaenri'ah (Genshin Impact)
  • Original Character is from Khaenri'ah (Genshin Impact)
  • Both of them
  • Blood and Violence
  • Implied/Referenced Character Death
  • Love Confessions
  • through a flower
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • maybe? - Freeform
  • Written Before Khaenri'ah Release (Genshin Impact)
  • made up khaenri'ah lore
  • No beta we die like Rex Lapis

  Summary

  On the day of the Cataclysm, two Noble teens on the cusp of their 18th birthdays experience the worst day of their lives.

  On the last day two friends can still be friends without consequences, Fern and Zewal choose to celebrate. But it all goes awry when the Kingdom Beneath the Earth catches fire. Determined to make sure her friend is safe, Fern braves the monsters and screams to go looking for him. She doesn't make it far.

  Fate is cruel.
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  Hi, my friend and I have been talking about this AU for a while now and I decided I was going to make her cry today and figured it would also be a good introduction to at least one of three of the characters. So now everyone gets to see the pain! :D

  (Update: I added the notes describing my own Khaenri'ahn lore at the end)

  Series

  • Part 1 of Fate is Cruel, but I'm Worse

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  English

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