I have been spared...
\*present day\* even though i am a lucario now, i still sit in the corner. waiting to get out. and maybe even hide somewhere else. and that was when the door opened. i looked over to see the girl who brought me here. i think her name is nurse joy.
Chapter 44 A Light in the Darkness
present-day fassil coughed. that was many years ago. more than a century, in fact. and in all that time, he never would have guessed that such a precious creature would fall into his care.
Digital Lust (Renamon TF/TG)
Yes, renamon had been in one way or another involved in the man’s life for quite a while, being his first crush as a child back when the character was introduced and continuing to the present day.
The New Self Society
present day the old fashioned radio in jed's faded old hand-me-down red truck cackled and buzzed as he turned the nobs trying to find something to listen to on his long drive home from work.
Maid For Pleasure: The Beginning
* * * as consciousness returned to my own body, i found myself on my knees in the dusty dressing room of the present-day scorn estate. i gasped, my chest heaving as i tried to collect myself.
Chronicles of Arah chapter 2
-present day- location: the tower, last city, earth "hey dax?" arah said as he once again snapped out of his thoughts, still looking towards the vanguard hall. "what is it arah?" dax responded.
14 Overgrown
Lizards, too, were monstrous, overgrown versions of their present-day selves found elsewhere, hearkening back to the days of the dinosaurs. correspondingly, there were few mammals here, and those that did exist were not at the top of the food chain.
Omniwatch
As of present day 2550 ce, omniwatch has dominance over roughly half of known space, a fleet of several hundred warships, and a massive, autonomous network of labs and facilities that keep omniwatch independent of other corporations and entirely self-reliant
The Awakening of Dragons: Epilogue
But the dragons themselves would bring that back to the present day as all heads turned up to them, those of their hatchlings, brent’s son, the little one who had been first out of the nest, watching in awe, his eyes large and round.
Mismasked
Your view is only barely obstructed by the mask's viewport, but much less so than any of the crude present day underwater breathing apparatuses.
New Love, New Type of Love
* * * three years ago from the present day: "you put your clan in danger." avis the clan leader said. "i was just hunting." kuro said. "no..., you were stealing." avis said.
Shadows Returning: Preface (Reboot!)
Skip ahead to present day, we find taiku, running his own home business and making a rather lucrative living on it. for he is unaware f the perils about to unfold, and the horrors nivek with reap upon the world.