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1. so raise your blade (and play your part) by Anonymous

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Deltarune (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Mike Wheeler & FRIEND (Deltarune)
   • Mike Wheeler & W. D. Gaster
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers & Will Byers
   • Will Byers & Dustin Henderson & Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & W. D. Gaster
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • FRIEND (Deltarune)
   • W. D. Gaster
   • Joyce Byers
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • Original Deltarune Character(s)
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Missing Persons
   • Shadow Crystals (Deltarune)
   • idk how that's not a common tag yet
   • Mike Wheeler Has Self-Esteem Issues
   • an unhealthy amount of references to a SWORD route lyrical adaptation
   • Post-Season/Series 05
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • Snowgrave | Pipis | Weird Route References (Deltarune)
   • Dark Fountains (Deltarune)
   • W. D. Gaster Being An Asshole
   • except from his pov he's kinda just. playing with his toys or whatever
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • he's got that "i just wanna be useful/important to someone" issue inherited from the author (me)
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • Possessed Mike Wheeler
   • sorta - Freeform
   • Non-Linear Narrative
   • the ooc is intentional it's the shadow crystal and denial about going insane
   • No beta we die like berdly in the weird route
   • Heavy Angst
   • Mike Wheeler Has Powers
   • again: sorta
   • Insanity
   • Nightmares
   • Slow Burn
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • deltarune lore accurate references to water (ie "THE DEPTHS" "song from the sea" "ocean.ogg" and "dark FOUNTAINS")
   • Near Death Experiences
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler
   • Prophecy
   • POV Alternating
   • Original Dark World(s) (Deltarune)
   • Video Game Mechanics
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • References to Depression
   • Misunderstandings
   • Tags May Change
   • Temporary Character Death
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Minor Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair

   Summary

   Twelve days before Christmas, a freak snowstorm would hit New York. Eight days before Mike Wheeler was set to go back to Hawkins for the holidays, he went missing.

   OR

   mike finds a shadow crystal, starts going insane, and maybe sorta becomes the roaring knight of this timeline

   OR

   it's MY au and i get to decide how shadow crystals work here

   no knowledge of deltarune is required to read this but i'd recommend playing it or at least watching a playthrough first because it's such a peak game

   [i have no idea where this came from. also too many people i know irl have figured out my ao3 user so. hi from anon... haha isn't it funny that deltarune also has at least 3 mikes isn't that crazy
   and to those who have read the fic that inspired this i say: uh, hey, maybe things took a turning left at the crossroads route right now (imagine the "turning left at the crossroads" in bright yellow obscuring the entire rest of the sentence so you can't even read it)]

   tags may change as i add chapters, i don't wanna promise anything that's not in here yet

   Series

   • Part 1 of i've been dealt a rune (but i've been given stranger things)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   25,083

   Chapters:

   22/?

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