Matrix Recs, post 4 of 4 - by ship/author

[doranwen]

updated 2022-07-28

This post is the fourth of four posts of Matrix recs, organized alphabetically by major ships (then author and title). (For Matrix recs organized by time in canon & length instead, go to my master recs post for the links.) I will endeavor to keep it updated as new fics are posted.

To help people avoid Matrix: Resurrections fic if so desired, all fics relating to The Matrix: Resurrections will be marked as follows:
+ based on trailer & other advance spoilers only
* based on the film

Guide to icons used:
Fics I tagged as favorites:
Fics I thought were exceptionally well-written:
WIPs:
(Icons come from the Icon pack by Icons8.)

As always with my db-generated lists, ratings are all converted to a single system for convenience:
Fanfiction.net - G through R
AO3 - PG through X (though the occasional child-friendly fic I mark G)
anything without a rating (AO3 or other site) - Unrated


I have tried not to spoil readers too much.
Most of the fics in this list are given with no information beyond author, title, rating, word count, major ships, and the summary the author gave it.
However, my database does store information on themes, which cover everything from grammatical things like tense & person (I mark for present tense, first person, second person, and direct address), to format (poetry, songfic, 5+1, etc.), trope (fake couple, stranded together, etc.), general feel (angst, fluff, etc.), and warnings (major character death, non-con, violence/wounds, etc.).
If you would like to see the themes for the recs from any of the lists below, please comment and let me know so I can reply with that information. It is very simple to generate the recs for a large list of fics in such a way that all of the themes are listed.
If you would rather just have a list with certain themes excluded, please also comment to let me know which one(s). You can find the full list of themes here, titled Fanfic Themes.


Any R-rated or X-rated fic from The Construct requires a password to access; you can find the password on their site here. Please note that because the original author summaries are now included, some summaries may contain explicit or other adult language.

The fics below are all organized by major ship(s). If there are any minor/background ships you want to avoid, please leave a comment and ask for a list to be made for you. Note that ships may refer to one-sided or unrequited ones as well as to requited/mutual.

Neo/Trinity, OFC/OFC

Danascully2 / britomart - Paradise City, 6388 words, PG-13
The Academy Day celebration in Zion. An Academy ultimate-dance party. Hilarity, flirting, and cheesy dance music ensue. ;)


Neo/Trinity, OMC/OFC

Angel Leviathan - Ultimate Sacrifice, 65099 words, PG-13
There are some things parents should never have to do. Finished.

matrixrefugee - Under the Gun, 33938 words, PG-13

singleword (bleak reality) - The Wrong Target, 80952 words, PG-13
A tale of a girl who does not know her place in the world, then grows up and finds it. (Added Epilogue and Author's Note)

Sydney Andrews - The Undiscovered Country, 122836 words, R
Chapter 31, posted! At long last, the update! Rorie confronts her father about Synergy, and then makes a decision that Knight does not like. Rated G, for geeky biomedical plot. smiles Syd

trinchardin - Shadow Stalkers, 12610 words, PG-13
Sequel to 'The Monsters Are Real' - What if viruses were vampires? *FINISHED*


Neo/Trinity, Roland/Niobe, Sparks/Niobe

Bagpipes5K2 - Souls In Winter, 15951 words, PG-13
The path of the One may be finished, but Neo's journey is far from over. Alternate universe story; takes place after Revolutions. CHAPTER 4 finally up!


Neo/Trinity, Switch/Trinity

aisatsanashiba - Change, 457 words, PG
Goddamned prophets and their goddamned prophecies.


Neo/Trinity, Thadeus/Jue

Alina - Final Moments, 1615 words, PG
A playbyplay comparison of two similar scenes that prelude the Matrix Reloaded. Spoilers for the Animatrix short Final Flight of the Osiris.


Neo/Trinity, Trinity & OMC

meanderingsoul - deep and narrow, 3155 words, R
It wasn’t like it was the first time he’d asked them that kind of question.


Neo/Trinity, Trinity/OFC

gypsy season / MulticoloredGypsy - The Woman I Loved (Is Dead), 697 words, PG-13
The woman I loved was dead. For the longest time I wouldn’t let them take her body away. I felt my need for her would destroy me, but it didn’t, and Morpheus took her away.


Neo/Trinity, Trinity/OMC

+ DesertFlower303 - Revelations, 2883 words, PG-13
18 years he’s been without her and he’d never known. Maybe for Thomas it was a dull ache he’d not known how to recognise, but for Neo it is a knife to the heart, as fresh as if it has just happened. They’d tried to erase her from his consciousness, but she had always been there, in his mind, his dreams, his heart and soul and every damn part of him...

sesquipedalianism - Samsara, 46668 words, R
He was sprawled on his back, limbs heavy, on what felt like... . Grass, maybe. Damp and warm at the same time. Soft, but unyielding. And definitely, absolutely, not metallic. Not anything machine-made.


OMC & OFC, OMC/OFC

GeneticallyElvenGryffindor - On Fairy's Wings, 143004 words, PG-13
The difference between the Real World and the Matrix is thin. For those who dare to see across the small divide, the truth becomes glaringly clear. For young girl, the truth is more than just the difference between the Real World and The Matrix. It is the


OMC/OFC

flumpette - Wheels of freedom part 2, 3298 words, G
Spark is forced to face the fact she may not recover.

flumpette - Wheels of freedom part 3, 2888 words, G
An unexpected battle causes Spark to face her fears

GeneticallyElvenGryffindor - Gathering of the Sidhe, 42325 words, PG-13
Pixie and friends have gotten a bit older and have taken on new responsibilities. What does this mean for Pixie when old friendships start to go in new directions, once friends decide to make themselves known, and her job isn't what it seems?

GeneticallyElvenGryffindor - In the Fairy's Ring, 125493 words, PG-13
The time has come for the war to head towards its close. A certain prophecy nears fullfilment and, in the middle of it all, a certain medic tries to figure out what her role is in everything to come.

GeneticallyElvenGryffindor - The Fianna Fight, 30336 words, PG-13
The One's been found but the battle continues. Caught in the middle, Pixie tries to find her place in the grander scheme of things and figure out just what she's going to do about a certain pitcher she's come to trust.

maeglinhiei - It Was Real In My Dreams, 865 words, PG-13
The free fall, the bottom of her stomach, falling falling, falling so far and for so long. She's still waiting to hit the ground.

SunGoddess7 - For Noel, 4725 words, R
One man can't stand to live without the woman he loves…

SunGoddess7 - Offspring, 44983 words, PG
PART IV IS UP!!! The story of Trinity and Neo's daughter and the choices she has to make...R&R!

Thesseli - A Small Act of Defiance, 1163 words, PG
MxO fanfic, on how to survive to see the end of the world. Based on the end-of-beta event in The Matrix Online MMORPG.


Original Character Ship (no gender specified)

These fics either have no gender specified for the characters, or they are listed here to preserve spoilers regarding the gender.

Beat - The Instant, 1027 words, PG-13
"You can only truly describe something once you've lost it – 'you don't know what you've got until it's gone' and all those things."

Suaine - I See With My Eyes, 1065 words, Unrated
A young woman wakes up from a dream and finds herself in a nightmare.


Sparks/OFC

Lady Rheena - Rescue Run, 68054 words, R
For centuries the two civilisations had forgotten about each other, evolved and expanded, fought and survived in isolation. Until the day when a chance accident sent an unexpected visitor back to Old Earth, and to survive Zion must go orbital. COMPLETE.


Switch/OFC

Dust1 - Blood Like Roses, 1337 words, G
This is Switch, as I see her... Maybe she's more than meets the eye. Next Chapter up.


Switch/Trinity

Culumacilinte - Comfort, 165 words, PG

helens78 - Anything, 417 words, PG
Trinity brings Switch out of the Matrix.

RaeDances - Fever, 1311 words, X
A desire fulfilled, a secret shared. Trinity finds a brief respite from the cold – in the arms of another.


Tank & Dozer

RainAwhile - Brothers, 1519 words, PG-13
A brother is a friend given by Nature. Jean Baptiste Legouve


Tank/Switch

Quin Firefrorefiddle - No Fantasies Here, 1380 words, PG
I've never seen this pairing done before, and I've never seen a pairing done this way. New and improved version! Review please!


Trinity & Switch

merriman - Exit and Enter, 1192 words, PG
When Trinity left the Matrix she didn't cry. Not until a few days later.


Trinity/OFC

robotsdance - Ready or Not, 10632 words, PG-13
Most people go see the Oracle shortly after they’ve been freed, but Trinity’s been working on the Neb for months and Morpheus still hasn’t taken her. Trinity is trying not to worry about it. Alternatively: Trinity’s last years in the matrix and first years in the real world.


Trinity/OMC

Centaur - In My Head, 2057 words, X
With knowledge comes anticipation, with anticipation comes confusion and with confusion comes fear. Delving into the mind of a character who was told just enough about her future to know that she didn't know enough.

PsychoJuliet - Flinch, 2477 words, R
They say sex is life's mediocre pleasure. But sometimes, it's all you've got. (Hard R for sexuality.)

ZeldaDragon - Forever, 3069 words, PG
Trinity runs into a person in Zion she thought she'd never see again...the man who taught her everything she knows about computers in high school, and the man who fell in love with her during those dark afternoons in his basement.

ZeldaDragon - The Calling, 8375 words, PG-13
The life of a soldier is hard. Sometimes, though, it's better than the life you've left behind. Much better. Follow one man -- one soldier -- as he finds the meaning of his life through war and hopelessness.

ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Not Aphrodite, 3000 words, R
This stemmed from a Hardline debate about Trinity’s virginity and offers one possible scenario. You decide what the answer is.


Trinity/Persephone

jjtaylor - The Second Kiss, 520 words, R
Trinity has unfinished business. Set during Reloaded.


No major ships

A. J. Flood - John Doe 1727LK, 3874 words, PG-13
A young medical examiner starts to wonder about reality when she encounters an Exiled program on the run from the Agents.

Abigail-Nicole - Mother, 779 words, PG
And I knew, after a while, that she would never come home." The people in the Matrix are still real.

allosaur777 - In Situ, 1517 words, PG
Curiosity is one of the defining traits of humanity. Because of the Matrix, much of science must be re-proved (to make sure of what is true and what has been fabricated by machines). Scientists put their lives on the line in their quest for information.

amarie - Awakening, 5320 words, PG
Before she awakened to the Matrix, Trinity lived her life in a dream…

Anakin McFly - Breaking the Fourth Wall, 423 words, G
There's a little glitch in reality…

Anakin McFly - Cookies, 899 words, G
The journey of a cookie is a perilous one…

Anakin McFly - On Display, 3309 words, PG
Welcome to the real world, Neo. The real real world. Really. Does the name K.C. Reeves ring a bell? FINISHED

Anakin McFly - Spoon's Story, 2096 words, G
I'm the spoon. Everyone says I don't exist. But I do, I do!

Anakin McFly - The Matrix Still Has You, 997 words, G
Freedom is arbitrary.

Anakin McFly - The Next Generation, 3294 words, PG
PostRev. The saga continues. CHAPTER TWO UP.

Anamin - Reflections, 572 words, PG
What does it feel like to be one of those who was 'saved? One-shot fic. Takes place before the war at the end of Revolutions, sometime during Reloaded.

atamascolily - Phoning Home, 822 words, PG-13
"Link, what did they change?" "What didn't they change?" The operator's voice was loud enough that Neo could hear it at this distance even through the tiny speakers. "This isn't a simple patch, this is a complex, system-wide shift. I've never seen anything like it before." A muscle clenched in Trinity's cheek. "What does that mean?" "He's right," Neo said, staring entranced at the neon green code around them. "It's not 1999 in here anymore. It's 2021."

Basia Adami - Boots, Fear, Love 10min, 412 words, PG
Trinity's thoughts during Rev. while taking ten minutes to buckle that one boot.

Beguile - Semi Charmed Kind of Life, 39931 words, PG-13
COMPLETE! Trinity's life before the Neb, Morpheus, and Neo. Pre-Matrix.

benignmilitancy - Minutiae, 183 words, PG-13
Monitor programs, chase targets, break bones, file reports, spill blood: the life of an Agent is rather unremarkable when you get down to it.

benignmilitancy - Perfectly Clear, 1456 words, PG-13
Something was wrong with Anderson, clearly, but he had a company to run. One-shot.

bloodstained yinyang - By the Waters of Babylon, 1039 words, PG-13
Written long ago, before the third movie had come out it was written as a potential ending to the series, and I rather liked it, even after seeing the third movie.

Bob J. Montonelli - Fairness, 557 words, G
"You never thought it was fair."

BryteTwilight - The Beauty in Life, 1747 words, PG
[[Admit it. You've always been an obsessive fan.]] A blue pill story.

Caliban76 - Curiosity and the Cat, 15221 words, PG-13
A young woman discovers the Matrix in an unconventional way.

Carmilla - Somebody Else, 472 words, PG
Bane!Smith and Neo have a conversation on board the Hammer.

catty_the_spy - Iconography, 480 words, PG
Jason Lock, a shrine, and the changing times in Zion.

Cece Bass - A Parent's Nightmare, 1251 words, G
Their faces were plastered all over the country. They were the world’s most renowned terrorists, an elite group of individual hackers who seemed unstoppable.

Centaur - The Hollow Crowd, 7907 words, R
Who says that only hackers get unplugged? The story of one artist who is set free. Not a Mary Sue or another redundant newbie-gets-unplugged story... just read it, ok?

cepaul518 - Defector Program, 12467 words, PG-13
Issues dealing with Smith's stint of malevolence and his own humanity (what? he has humanity? GASP). Takes place between during Reloaded and Revolutions. My first Matrix fanfic (Morithil inspired me!).

ceridwen-amyed - Unplugged, 1541 words, PG-13
Just a little fic detailing what Neo is thinking when he's being unplugged, i.e. the mirror scene

ChiaraStorm - Awakening, 36000 words, PG-13
The daughter of the One. A newly unplugged hacker. Linked in ways they can't understand, together they uncover a secret that has been hidden for fifteen years.

ChokolatteJedi - Run Rabbit Junk, 440 words, PG
Morpheus contacts a new recruit.

Chopsticks - Double Negative, 882 words, PG-13
"One goddamn grammatical mistake." Sometimes, misusing the English language can come back and bite you in the ass. Cypher learns this lesson the hard way.

Chord - Fade To Black, 8813 words, PG-13
She doesn't like color: too bright, it blinds. too many. unpredictable. wrong. Let the world fade to black. ( a Trinity fic. )

cruisedirector - Blue, 826 words, PG
Neo tries to figure out why he's in the hospital.

crypticevincar - Coded In The Past, 2352 words, PG-13
If the Matrix cannot tell you who you are, then who can?

cthulhuraejepsen - The Air You're Breathing, 697 words, PG-13

darkintrigue - Introspection, 1338 words, PG
An Agent ponders his reason for being.

DarkStorm3 - Plato's Cave, 25368 words, R
An ancient fable takes on new meaning as a young woman steps over the threshold of her world.

Deadly Chakram - Agent Smith: The Complete Owner's Manual, 1530 words, PG-13
The complete owner’s guide and manual for getting the most out of your Agent Smith. Inspired by the owner’s guides (to various Lord of the Rings characters) written by the incomparable Theresa Green.

Desert of the Real - Noticed, 1437 words, PG-13
Trinity... the Trinity? That cracked the IRS d-base?" A take on Trinity's famous feat. Written for the fan fiction challenge at The Looking Glass forums.

Desert of the Real - Rhythm, 623 words, G
A look into Neo's mind about his existence. Pre-trilogy.

+ DesertFlower303 - The Sum of His Parts, 5128 words, X
She should feel guilty, she really should, but it was impossible to feel anything but hot and giddy at the memory of the last few days and how overly familiar she had become with every inch of his apartment. A fact she was fighting hard to disguise from her face...

Destiny Chaser - The Corrective, 2864 words, PG
How do Agents Brown and Jones react when Smith's human tendencies become more pronounced and perplexing? A story about purpose, fear, self-doubt and denial.

Dianay - Twenty Questions, 1532 words, PG
Okay, so it's really five questions, but I couldn't think of a title. Neo is being especially inquisitive and Morpheus jumps on a soap box a couple of times (figuratively of course). Please read and review.

Dooks - The Search, 1652 words, PG
Sometime between the first and second films. Minds are being freed at a faster rate than ever before, but the challenge in doing so has not diminished.

Dove1 - The Professor, 2958 words, PG
Jade tries to extract a philosophy professor from the Matrix.

dreamiflame - Trace, 374 words, PG-13
Persephone just wants to feel.

DuJour - The Day I Tried to Live, 9699 words, PG-13
Third and final chapter up! Despite reluctance from Morpheus, Trinity goes against protocol to unplug Tess after she sees something that she shouldn't have seen.

Emi-Zirconia - Innocent Hope, 526 words, PG-13
Trinity muses about Neo's innocence and hope at the beginning of the first movie.

Emi-Zirconia - Religion, 1038 words, PG
Rose wonders about how people who have been unplugged can still believe in God.

Emma-G - Steps in a journey, 17200 words, G
The story of two young people caught in the war. Updated.

EnchanteRhea - Questions, 2472 words, PG-13
It's not like when the plug goes, everything goes. It's not true that when you leave your pod, you leave everything behind. To be really free, one must take a long journey a journey deep inside themselves.

EnchanteRhea - To Be Who I Am, 4618 words, PG
When Soren, the Captain of the Vigilant, volunteered to aid the Nebuchadnezzar, it was not just duty that drove him. The reasons of a good man always lie beyond the confines of reason deep in his heart.

Fanfiction_Lurker_1 - Like an Actor, 1343 words, PG-13
What would happen if Cypher had succeeded? Would he be disposed of by the Machines after outliving his usefulness? Or maybe not?

Fanfiction_Lurker_1 - Power of Fanfiction, 1314 words, PG
As the interrogation goes on, agent Smith and Morpheus have a conversation about literature. Just a commercial of fanfiction. And nobody is going to pay me for it!

Fate - Ending Reality's Lie, 971 words, PG
The beginning of the end…

fleureilleaux - Different Freedoms, 788 words, PG
Sometimes, reality is a bit too much. (Implied neurodivergent Switch.) Tank and Switch being cinnamon rolls.

fleureilleaux - Get Them Talking About Guns, 878 words, PG-13
One of his early days out of the Matrix, Neo ends up in in a conversation that goes a little different than expected (because some people on the ship need a special interest besides searching for the One.) Weird fluff for fun.

fleureilleaux - The Quiet Sentry, 1036 words, PG
Flashbacks to Switch uncovering the truth, starting to discover the existence of the Matrix by learning she can make life a bit easier for herself. Probably belongs to the same basic timeline as "White Gun" and "Different Freedoms", though with minor deviations in internal logic. More implied neurodivergent Switch.

fleureilleaux - White Gun, 717 words, PG-13
Memories of Zion, a grounding gift, and a few open questions. Can be read together with my previous oneshot, "Different Freedoms", but contains no cinnamon. (Rated T just to be on the safe side as I'm not completely sure where exactly the line is drawn; the story is harmless imho.)

* FloaromaMeadow - Face in the Crowd, 502 words, PG
Neo and Smith chat about names, and why Smith kept his.

FloaromaMeadow - We Are the Chick; the World Is Our Egg, 1988 words, PG-13
In the aftermath of his first defeat by the Anomaly, Smith undergoes a painful rebirth. Set between The Matrix and Reloaded.

* FloaromaMeadow - Why Oh Why Can't I, 420 words, PG-13
Now that he's free, Smith gives flying a shot.

flumpette - Wheels of freedom part 1, 3591 words, G
Rana is introduced to reality

frooit - Ones and Zeros, 1247 words, PG
Thomas A. Anderson isn't going to say he has a problem.

Fuujin Kishukaze - Mission, 1582 words, R
Set after "The Matrix: Reloaded". Ghost tries to talk some hope into a man who's lost it all.

g21lto - Nemesis, 886 words, PG
We are both born of the Matrix...both in our element in this world of flowing electrons in figures and shapes in computers far-removed from what we perceive...we are matter and antimatter, only made the more opposite for our apparent sameness

Gan_HOPE326 - Radical freedom, 214 words, PG
You always have one more choice. [200 words, prompt: "Character studies - choices"]

garconne / syrupfactory - Glitch, 139 words, PG
A poem from the POV of the black cat program in the Matrix movies

GBJackson - Deeper Than You Thought, 3073 words, PG-13
"Take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you just how deep the rabbit hole goes." That was the catch point of Morpheus' usual monologue when freeing a mind. Just one problem. As deep as he had come to know it, the rabbit hole went far deeper still.

GeneticallyElvenGryffindor - ElfMarked Child, 10774 words, PG-13
A young woman, freed from the Matrix, finds something she left behind. What would she give for just one more moment with this person? What happens if she gets the chance to have one more meeting in the Matrix?

Genius-626 - Reality in Dreams, 1442 words, PG
Morpheus hid his concern in public, but Niobe knew him too well. He was the most restless of them all.

glorifield - Agent Smith: A Study, 2109 words, Unrated
A curious architect observes his most recent creation- an agent turned human. His plans are altered when the rebels are able to capture Smith.

God0fMischief - Neo's Reverie, 413 words, PG
"This is your last chance. After this, there is no going back." A decision must be made. "No going back." Neo repeated in a nervous tone. So what's it gonna be? The red pill? Or the blue pill?

Gokitalo - Her Former Self, 2726 words, PG-13
A young woman finds herself in a dire predicament when something in everyone's favorite computer simulation goes horribly wrong...

Gwen Luthael - Switch Unplugged, 4163 words, PG-13
Simply put, switch's story, how she was unplugged and how she came to work on the Neb. rated for language and violence

gypsy season / MulticoloredGypsy - Adam Street Bridge, 1721 words, PG
**REVISED***If you could have asked him now, Neo couldn't have told you why he agreed to meet with the terrorist. His life - he wasn't getting anywhere living it - so why not die for it?

gypsy season / MulticoloredGypsy - Don't Cry, 689 words, PG
A brief look inside the mind of one of the Neb's crew members. He's not all that you think. He's not always smiling…

gypsy season / MulticoloredGypsy - I Don't Want To Leave, 728 words, G
~*“Why oh why didn’t I take the blue pill?” There are some who never had to regret...*~

HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Awake, 2268 words, PG-13
"...he could not cast the dream he'd had from his mind, if it had even been a dream at all." Upon waking, Neo is immediately thrust into another, stranger dream, one that he cannot wake up from. AKA, the Metacortex escape scene from the first film. T for some bad language.

HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Causality, 721 words, PG-13
Sometimes the smallest things have the biggest impact.

HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Gravitate, 859 words, PG-13
"His hand, cold, hard and unfeeling, was still locked tightly around her forearm." A near-fatal error, and a rescue from an unexpected source. Pre-Matrix.

HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Mortal, 910 words, PG-13
You can never afford to fall behind. *contains an OC* Rated T for violence and morbid thoughts.

HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Prison, 659 words, PG-13
Smith is reborn into a new kind of prison, one he can smell and taste and touch. Humanity. T because it's my default setting. I have no idea which genre to place it in, though, so maybe you could tell me in your reviews *hinthint* My first Matrix story, so please be friendly. Enjoy! Now with fixed-up paragraphing as per request.

HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Why?, 1090 words, PG
Sequel to Gravitate. Smith and Trinity consider the events of that fateful afternoon in the Matrix, and their consequences.

HardfacedQueenofMisadventure - Zion, 286 words, PG
A celebration of life in defiance of death. Short, short, very short.

Hawki - A Walk Among the Tombstones, 1215 words, PG
Oneshot: The Matrix had been rebooted. He really shouldn't have expected to see his gravestone in the new version.

Hawki - Dreams, 113 words, G
Poem: There were many signs of the rising intelligence in machines. The ability to dream was one of them.

Hawki - Get Woke, Go Broke, 1460 words, PG
Oneshot: Leaving the Matrix can grant you freedom. But at what cost?

Hawki - Ghost Stories, 1782 words, PG
Oneshot: The Matrix was a strange thing. On one hand, it was a dreamworld. And yet, it contained things from the real world that could no longer be found in the real world. History. Art. Things that some red pills searched for even in the ruins of human civilization.

Hawki - Life is But a Dream, 596 words, PG
Oneshot: "Welcome to the real world..."

Hawki - The Fertile Crescent, 2335 words, PG
Oneshot: "There are fields, Neo. Endless fields. Where human beings are no longer born; we are grown. For the longest time, I wouldn't believe it. But then I saw the fields with my own eyes."

Hawki - The Matrix: Colour Coded, 198 words, PG
Poem: War has many colours. Death has only one.

Hawki - Those Who Dare to Dream, 1867 words, G
Oneshot: Mankind's ability to dream had given him dominion over Earth. But in the Matrix, it was not Man who controlled the dream, but rather Machine. The dream could not be altered. The dream was the prison.

Hawki - Weeping Sky, 810 words, PG
Oneshot: By the time the machines subjugated humanity, Earth had been left a scarred wasteland. And above, an equally scarred sky wept over the destruction.

Hexiva - He Dreams He's Awake, 120 words, PG
Thomas Anderson can't sleep, and yet he wishes he could wake up.

Hexiva - I must get out of here, 876 words, PG
The Architect told Neo something different, and he's here to share that revelation with Smith - and offer him a choice. gen, AU

IceBlade28 - Do You Believe?, 1248 words, PG
All is quiet in Zion. Trinity walks back to her room when she encounters the Kid, and leaves with more than she intended. A little fic intended for pondering.

illusionist - Mind Within the Mind, 1721 words, PG
COMPLETED: Trinity falls prey to her own mind and doubt of her purpose. She begins to understand the moment that claimed many lives.

ImagineGal - Proud Father, 611 words, G
(POST-REVOLUTIONS, One-Shot) The Architect ponders his "wife", the laws of the Matrix, and how it all came to a close.

Imraith-Nimphias - The Morrigan, 503 words, Unrated
We all have our dark sides, even the strongest of us.

influxes - She, 295 words, PG
Story by influxes It's a hypothetical "Before Neo" sort of story, given that The One usually perishes and Zion starts anew.

J. Anderson - Rainstorm, 998 words, PG
He can't ever go back. Neo in the real world... pre-Trinity.

Jade Silver - Mirror, 682 words, PG
What is it like to enter the Matrix for the first time after your mind has been freed?

James 'supercrisis' Parkwood - Aftershocks, 492 words, G
How the machines take to Neo's message…

Jeniveela - Pulled, 1735 words, PG
How does it feel to die in the matrix like Apoc or Spark did, to have the plug suddenly pulled on you by your own operator? Angst-y one shot. Please read and review.

Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Moribund, 1418 words, PG-13
My attempt to define Morpheus. Probably stopping it here.

Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - The little machine, 365 words, G
Why are we fighting? Written not without inspiration from the coming war.

Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Walls, 391 words, PG
A pre-Neo reflection from Trinity's POV on the war, A.I., and her need for a hero... amidst other things.

Kazterboro - Corrupted Data, 1789 words, PG-13
There can be dangers to curiosity. Wondering where reality and dream begins. The pessimistic view weaves threads of cunning with flesh, bones, and metal. Leaving a trail of blood in his wake... within a machine's world, a human can only be trusted to pave his own reality.

Kenneth Eng - Matrix Reflections, 4356 words, G
Symbolism in the Matrix trilogy.

KsandraMallan - Pray, 783 words, PG
Written as a tribute to those affected by the VA Tech shootings. Morpheus's thoughts, shortly postRevolutions. AU.

kythyria - Wasn't There Supposed To Be Something About Eyes?, 2137 words, PG
A human gets taken out of the Matrix in an unusual manner.

LadySmith - Points Of View, 1706 words, PG-13
Selected Scenes from The Matrix Universe, narrated by the people living through them. In this Chapter: Tank's last thoughts as he elicits a promise from Link. Warning: Character Death.

LanaSmith - Timeline, 539 words, PG-13
Is it possible to know nothing and eveything at the same time?

Lexie Jayne - In Passing, 1819 words, PG
Trinity has a chat with someone she was once close to.

Lise (thissugarcane) - shake, 7747 words, R
It started with a fucking grenade.

Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - Exchange, 1053 words, PG
To protect the future, you must lose the past.

Losseniaiel - Doubt, 489 words, G
Smith has a conversation with his conscience

Lovelace (alena_hu) - Lock and Key, 1474 words, PG
The Merovingian is determined to keep him prisoner, but what is the lock that will hold a maker of keys?

Lovelace (alena_hu) - Programmatica, 1988 words, PG
A series of take-offs, some more AU than others. Updated 12/23/2011: A very brief vision of things to come from above the clouds.

M-Sama - Human, 1030 words, G
(figgin genre catigories, none of them fit...) One girl discovers Neo's truth

Madolan - First Run, 2016 words, PG-13
Switch's first lone mission in the Matrix goes awry when something odious tracks her down.

Madolan - Prophecy I: Triune Godhead, 3090 words, PG-13
A lost moment from the movie's history: Trinity's audience with the Oracle.

MarkDavidChapman - The Offer, 330 words, G
I'm a strange man. You can't see my eyes. Take these drugs.

matrixrefugee - Don't Talk to Strangers, 2197 words, G

matrixrefugee - Her New Home, 709 words, PG-13
Sati's family wants to find her a safe place away from the Matrix

matrixrefugee - Mad King, 178 words, PG-13
Down here, the Trainman answers to no one...

matrixrefugee - Matrix Refugee, 560 words, PG-13
The thoughts of an unnamed rebel looking back at her unplugging and what followed

matrixrefugee - Mobius Trip, 680 words, PG-13
What lead to Neo awakening in the Trainman's realm...

matrixrefugee - Protection, 274 words, PG-13
Neo has to know the reason for the sunglasses...

matrixrefugee - Sounds of Silence, 3905 words, PG
A song fic based on the Simon and Garfunkel classic: Neo muses on the nature of the Matrix

MDST3559014 - If Neo Chose Differently..., 654 words, PG
This time Neo takes the blue pill instead of the red. He never learns of the Matrix and is plagued by a vague memory of the pills for 20 years when he finally decides to consult a counselor, but the counselor seems eerily familiar....

Merccy - Walk On Water, 407 words, PG
One crew member's last thoughts during their final moments.

Mercy19 - Honeyed Code, 320 words, PG-13
One shot. The woman in red briefly speaks.

Merfilly - Le Chat, Le Chat!, 1261 words, PG
Mouse was a rescue from the Matrix; what was his story there?

Merfilly - Simple Signs, 100 words, G
The Oracle bakes, even knowing he will not eat

Meridian1 - Hey, Jealousy, 2129 words, G
This is the story of one man who was destined NOT to be the One.

MidoriLaboratories - Republic, 20102 words, PG-13
Witnesses of the Nebuchanezzar incident struggle to make sense of a warp in reality. What makes one 'special' in the Matrix may not be black and white anymore, but a spectrum of grays. OC focus, coarse language, some mature themes.

Miss Myers - A Weapon of Fear, 858 words, G
No one ever got away from me as many times as you did...every single time...somehow you'd slip through our fingers..."

Miss Myers - Wake Up, Neo, 1224 words, G
To live a life in computers, his routine never changing, day in, day out...until those words appeared upon his screen

Mizamour - Percieving, 209 words, PG
A sort of dreamdrabble about the Morpheus redblue pill scene... what if a color blind person were offered the pills?

motorfirebox - Technical Write-up, 894 words, G
An examination and extrapolation of the technology in use in the Matrix future.

Mr. Irony - In the Shadow of the Crane, 3609 words, PG-13
In a world where nothing physically exists, all you have to lose is your mind.

Mr. Irony - Walking Mistake, 980 words, PG-13
He can dodge bullets, see the future, and understand the Matrix for what it is... is he the One? ... Nope.

MrProphet - A Kiss Under the Mistletoe
90 words, PG-13

MrProphet - Failed Diode
1422 words, PG-13

MrProphet - Persecution
961 words, PG-13

MrProphet - Subterranean Homesick Blue Pills
287 words, PG-13

MrProphet - When I was 17
278 words, PG-13

MuseThalia - 'Twas The Night Before Waking, 1525 words, PG
Neo sleeps. Little does he know the effect he is having on the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar, and no one more so than long-time believer, Tank.

NacDiggity - Comrades, 2113 words, G
Tell me what you think, I havent really read any like this, but I havent been here long.

NacDiggity - Conception, 1184 words, G
A short prequel to "Paradigm" (again, Im still new, so take it easy:))

NacDiggity - Paradigm, 1638 words, PG-13
This is my very first fanfic ever, please be gentle.

NacDiggity - The Wisdom of Elders, 1425 words, PG
About life at an Agent's pace and the purpose of life.

Nanaseven - Believe (In Me, In You), 834 words, PG-13
What the Oracle told Switch.

narie the waitress - Siren, 2869 words, PG-13
On the seduction of your heart's desire. A Trinity different from the one usually seen.

Narsus - Absolution, 893 words, G
Jones' perception of infallibility. Set at the end of the 1st movie. (Companion piece to "Dissolution".)

Narsus - Destiny, 1015 words, G
Facing the inevitable. (Spoilers for Revolutions. Follows on from "Purpose".)

Narsus - Dissolution, 846 words, G
Brown contemplates infalibility. (Set at the end of the 1st movie)

Narsus - Doubt, 2002 words, G
Long after the rebels have defeated the machines... a speculation on the fate of the Agents.

Narsus - Efficiency, 812 words, PG
Smith and Brown have a conversation about efficiency

Narsus - Gaps, 1271 words, G
Can you really destroy an Agent or do they just disappear for a little while? A possibility after the end of the movie.

Narsus - Purpose, 1365 words, G
What happens to an Agent without a purpose? (Spolier -ish for Reloaded.)

Narsus - The Desert of the Real, 1298 words, PG
What happens once the Matrix is shut down?

Narsus - Virtual Paradise, 2022 words, PG
How and why did the Matrix come into being?

Nevermore - The Science of the Matrix, 1862 words, PG
Neo and Morpheus aren't the only ones waging war against the machines. Meet one of the engineers that shoulder the responsibility of using human technology to win at any cost.

nic3 - Red, 1440 words, PG
Mouse and the colour red

Nithke - Lucifer Option, 4268 words, PG-13
Somebody has screwed with Trinity's head, and she's mad. After all, it's hard to be happy to be back in the Real...if you're not sure what Real even IS anymore. Who did this? Read on. An AU sort of sequel to A Mad Mad World.

NobleKnight1 - The Search for The One, 1051 words, PG-13
Morpheus enlists the help of Apoc to find the One...Neo. A prequel to the movie.

NobleKnight1 - Wake Up, Xander, 995 words, PG
They sought him out because they believed he was the One…

NobleKnight1 - Xander, 1536 words, PG-13
Prequel to The Matrix. Tells the story of one the possible candidates for The One…

ntrophi - Abort, Retry, Fail, 5859 words, PG
Agent Smith, inbetween the two movies. Corruption isn't always a bad thing…

Nudgy Turian - Ghost in the Machine, 5523 words, G
Preview: Despite Neo's considerable powers within the Matrix, he and his new found family group are no more than human in the real world, which is where the latest battles with the machines are being fought.

ObsidianKiss - Left Behind, 809 words, PG
She never knew. I miss her.

OldEmeraldEye / schools_a_saint - I am become, 10 words, PG
A point just after the beginning.

OldEmeraldEye / schools_a_saint - Purloined Time (On the Company Dime), 80 words, PG
Working at MetaCortex isn't a breeze. Quite the opposite in fact.

OtakuLibra - Angel in Red, 405 words, PG-13
Aren't angels supposed to wear white? Not according to Mouse. Oneshot about Mouse's last moments. My ideas of what he might have been thinking.

Oxidious - Goop, 905 words, PG
Cypher has a life changing conversation. This takes place before the original Matrix.

Oxidious - On Call, 442 words, PG
He is always on call.

Oxidious - The Entity, 2008 words, PG
The Oracle sits down with Sati for an eye-opening lesson. This is an ongoing story.

P3forlife - Comprehension and Confusion, 3615 words, PG
Seventeen year old Trinity visits the Oracle for the first time, confronting her past and learning about the future.

persephonevii - Thankless, 1779 words, PG
A reflection piece on conspiracy communities, the people who go missing, those mysterious men in black and how they all fit in together as seen through the eyes of one good little coppertop.

phantom-jedi1 - Purpose, 567 words, PG
There is no end for something with purpose. But these words have none and it confuses him. Written for dA's "Through Darker Eyes" contest.

Pippin Third - Click Your Heels, Dorothy, 917 words, G
If gravity let us go, we could all go flying.

PleaseDontFindThisMom - The Second Layer, 1572 words, PG-13
Retelling of the end of Matrix - Revolutions Neo and Deus Ex Machina have their final talk

Quin Firefrorefiddle - The Trip of a Life (Death) Time, 2172 words, PG-13
Very very dark. Not happy shiny fluffy fun stuff. Enter at your own risk. But if you do, please review!

RaeDances - Made to Fade, 736 words, PG
“Bits of paper clung to the tape, and the tape twisted and splintered as it tried to cling to its home. They destroyed each other as they parted, and she knew then that she had to get away. Had to tear herself from this world before it tore itself from her.”

RaeDances - Nameless Epiphany, 1089 words, PG-13
Trinity reflects on the journey from one faith to another.

ragnarok12345 - Mistake Metamorphism, 9411 words, PG-13
Five hundred years before Neo is born - on the eve of the Second Renaissance - a beleaguered software developer rushes to finish testing on an AI program named Smith.

RainAwhile - Becoming the Dragon, 1131 words, PG
A short look at Seraph's life before and after meeting the Oracle.

RainAwhile - I Miss the Sky, 708 words, PG
In the Matrix, I’d go out back into the field behind my house. I would lie down and just stare at the endless blue abyss all day long.

RainAwhile - Native Legend, 2568 words, PG
A short story about a native girl, just before the machines invade.

RainAwhile - Regular Encounters, 1429 words, PG
Rotting walls. Heavy bags. Rent. Chocolate chip cookies.

* RainAwhile - Who She Is, 2185 words, PG
In a previous loop, Tiffany struggles with her reality. She can't place it, but she's seen things and she can no longer ignore the nagging feeling that something isn't right with the world or her life.

raz0rgirl - Hello World, 374 words, Unrated
Before anything else, Trinity is a hacker. (Pre-movies)

Rebecca Hb - A Farewell to Kings, 1088 words, G
Why did the AI choose to make the Matrix?

Rebecca Hb - Just an Ordinary Boy, 392 words, G
A brief glimpse at the childhood of Morpheus.

Redqueen-01 - Delphi, 2402 words, PG-13
Everything begins with choice? A look into the prophesies of the Oracle and their effect on the fate of the One.

Richard Kaczynski - The Matrix Replicated, 467 words, PG-13
This story takes place in the events between the first and second films in "The Matrix" trilogy after the epiphany of Neo as the One.

richard the pedantic - Left Behind, 57402 words, PG-13
Not everyone left the Matrix after the end of the war. Some of those that didn't found that their lives became very different. Chapter 40 is, finally, up.

Rosie Cotton - Every Other Day, 805 words, PG
Short angst-ish fic about one of the soldiers Neo and Trinity gunned down in the lobby shoot-em-up scene near the end of the first movie. Human life is a more precious thing than moviemakers give it credit for.

Ryven (Lannakitty) - Unplugged, 22074 words, PG-13
Set between Matrix and Reloaded. The Nebuchadnezzar frees a group of talented hackers from the matrix as part of a new tactic to fight the machines

Sandbat - Matrix: Redemption, 14198 words, PG-13
Chapter 4! After the fight at the Hel Club, Seven vows to go in search of answers. Meanwhile, Typhon and the crew of the Lamassu try to determine where they went wrong.

Sanzi - Remnants, 912 words, PG-13
Oneshot written for humanbeldot's 26 OTP challenge, set a few days after Revolutions. Mentions of TriNeo and Morpheus/Niobe.

SapphireNight - Broken Trinity, 5850 words, PG
It took a foundation of three things for Neo to become the One- the person himself, the mentor and most importantly, the lover. However, what would have happened if the heart of that trinity had been lost before Neo was even contacted? Full summary inside

Sarah Brandt (Snickfic) - Wireless, 101 words, PG
It's darker in Zion than she expected.

Sarah1281 - What Were You Doing?, 1417 words, PG
Left to their own devices, Smith and Morpheus bicker about the definition of 'mammals' and 'viruses', Cypher's motivation, how efficient Agents are, and whether or not the machines have an obligation to take care of the environment, among other things.

Scritch - Final Stand, 2620 words, PG-13
A warrior remembers and tries to forget as she makes the final stand against the machines. - Based on the battle at the end of Reloaded. Completed one-shot. Read and review! Better than the summary

sharlie - Search for the One, 1830 words, PG-13
Before they found Neo, they searched. Before they found the right one, they were mistaken.

Silver-Ashes - Gatekeeper, 633 words, G
He’s always thought that, perhaps, destiny should be left well alone. Written for The Looking Glass Fanfiction Challenge.

Silver-Ashes - Thay's Children, 1156 words, PG
In the moment, he wondered if one day she might again need his advice, but at the time he never looked back. Written for The Looking Glass Fanfiction Challenge: Reloaded

singleword (bleak reality) - Born Of Fire, 14859 words, PG-13
The story of Neo's predecessor, Kenneth Jackson. How he realised the truth. (AU)

singleword (bleak reality) - Missing Child, 349 words, G
A brief poem about things that get left behind.

SithRuse - Mimic, 36846 words, PG-13
Part 12: Smith is taken to see the Oracle. Summary: Agent Smith is sent into the Real World to assassinate Neo, interrupting the Path of the One.

Sliver - A Madness In The World, 3538 words, PG
To those who never found freedom.

Sliver - Virus, 823 words, PG
In this future, everything has evolved.

Songbreeze the Omnipresent - Night Shift on the Socrates, 2108 words, PG-13
Self-awakenings are impossible. Aren't they?

Starchild524 - Chill, 914 words, PG
Trinity POV, pre-movie. Romantic angst - marked by the pointed absence of romance.

Stephantom - Everything and Nothing, 3160 words, PG
A look into Agent Smith's mind. Takes place at the end of Matrix I with Smith's destruction. Smith reflects and finds a new purpose.

StorySpy - The Beginning of the End, 4084 words, PG-13
The true retelling of the infamous Machine War, as told by an archivist who fights with the Resistance. Based on "The Second Renaissance" from the Animatrix. Special cameo appearance at the end by the writer's employer.

SunGoddess7 - Matrix Addicts Anonymous, 1141 words, G
Hello, my name is Jenna, and I am obsessed with the Matrix. It's been five hours since I've last watched 'The Matrix'. A couple minutes ago I had the urge to watch it, but me and my sponser talked it out, and I ended up supressing my urge. OH MAN, I NE

Tabard - Dreamworld Shutdown, 8371 words, PG-13
Ever wondered about the story behind Morpheus? This is my take on it. Disclaimer: I don't own The Matrix and this is all just a bit of fun, so if anyone from WB ever actually reads this please don't sue me.

Tastywheat - The Rise and Fall of Dante, 20779 words, PG
The story of how Trinity was freed. Can she live up to the expectations of the Anubis crew, or will her failure lead to their destruction? Title is a working title.

The Cleaner - An Exile Walks Into A Bar, 4156 words, PG-13
Smith finds his way blocked by the Twins and decides to handle them the same way he does everything else.

The Fire Dancer - The Matrix: Heir to the One, 21319 words, PG-13
She never wanted to be a hero. She didn’t ask for the burdening weight of responsibility, never craved the path her father took, and always ran from her destiny. Sometimes there is no escaping the legacy you are born into.

The Grandiloquent Demagogue - Film Noir Continued, 24389 words, PG-13Point of Divergence: Ash, the private investigator hired to find Trinity from A Detective Story, takes the red pill seconds before agents take over him. How would his presence on the Nebuchadnezzar affect Morpheus’s search for the One? Please review!

The Rushing Wind - Deep Freeze, 5167 words, PG-13
AU. The Hammer never found the Logos, thus Neo never made it to 01. Niobe fails to make it to the Oracle, and now the crew of the Logos is trapped in the Tunnels of the Real. What can the three last survivors of Zion even hope to accomplish? [Status: Abandoned.]

The Smiling Shadow - Human Eyes, 3585 words, PG-13
It is the hours where Bane is still Bane, as he lies on his bed, dying, with an Agent named Smith taking over his mind and body slowly. Memories of the Smith's and his are colliding, and he is forgetting who he once was. He can see Smith's memories, see

The_Readers_Muse - Herald, 1429 words, R
He'd rarely left the Oracle with a clear head. And as always, she hadn't disappointed.

Thesseli - Awakened, 1087 words, PG-13
A bridge between the events of 'Waking Dream'/'Rude Awakening' and the 'One' series; it takes place a few years before the first Matrix movie.

Thesseli - One, 583 words, PG-13
It appears that One really can survive without the other...but appearances can be deceiving.

Thesseli - Rude Awakening, 142 words, PG-13
Removing someone from the Matrix always leaves a gap, no matter who they were. A brief companion piece to 'Waking Dream'.

Thesseli - Standing in the Doorway, 4000 words, PG
Ever wonder why a redpill chooses to work for the Machines? A Matrix/MxO fanfic, set just after the truce went into effect.

Thesseli - Survivor's Guilt, 1827 words, PG
Doing what needs to be done isn't easy, when what you know is right has to override your personal feelings. This takes place after the three Matrix movies, in the time of The Matrix Online, and is based on an ingame event.

Thesseli - The Gift, 1173 words, PG
A Matrix Online fanfic, which demonstrates that some bluepill geeks become redpill geeks, and that what constitutes a 'romantic gift' may vary, depending on who you are.

Thesseli - The One: Millennium, 1562 words, PG-13
A brief interlude in the Matrix on New Year's Eve, just before the project to unscorch the sky gets underway.

Thesseli - The One: Reloaded, 11041 words, PG-13
Smith has taken over the role of the One and returned to Zion, but there are people on both sides who want the war between Man and Machine to continue. The second installment in the 'One' series.

Thesseli - Waking Dream, 2064 words, PG-13
It seems like everyone's getting unplugged these days...

Trialia - Altered, 638 words, PG
Neo has some questions, but this time, Trinity would rather not be the one asked. She answers anyway.

Trialia - Inner Child, 384 words, PG

Trialia - Omega, 278 words, PG
What's the time, Mr Anderson? Are you dreaming, are you awake, or...?

trinchardin - Kindergarten, 22297 words, PG
What if the characters of the Matrix went to kindergarten together? [Concluding Chapter!]

trinchardin - The Monsters Are Real, 434 words, PG
If it can kill an Agent, it can kill -you-.

trinchardin - When Will It End, 9666 words, PG-13
A killer loose onboard the Neb has Neo in his sights…

trinity-definitely (watanukitty) - overheard at the brew, 1759 words, PG
Missing scenes from The Burly Brew Chronicles. Chapter 1: Tank hears some interesting news (takes place after morning rush)

Troodon - Still Out There, 404 words, G
Trinity's mother reflects on her daughter's disapperance. One-shot, complete.

Twistanturnu - Break Statement, 15960 words, PG-13
Agent Smith has left them, but his presence is still felt. The infection has spread to Agent Jones and Agent Brown. With their existence on the line, they do the unthinkable and disconnect from the Mainframe. Humanity and programs, choice and purpose; as the lone Agents seek to find a new place within the Matrix, they will struggle to define who they are and what they believe.

uncreative pseudonym - Matrix Gaiden: Seraph, 11543 words, PG-13
What happens to Seraph after his disappearance in Matrix Revolutions? For that matter, what's going on in the Matrix as Smith takes over? The equation must be balanced, and Seraph is swept up in it.

unwinding fantasy - Alter Ego, 1441 words, G
Neo and Smith do battle. [Complete]

unwinding fantasy - Data: Corrupted, 983 words, G
Mr Anderson did the impossible: destroyed Agent Smith. Now, the broken code that is Smith struggles with this unexpected freedom and what he should do with it. [Complete]

Ursinos - We forgive you., 1843 words, Unrated
The way I think the scenario behind "The Matrix" SHOULD have gone when it comes to our interactions with the machines.

Us-And-Them - In the Aftermath, 4789 words, PG-13
Post-Revolutions. Everything has repercussions. Smith is brought into the real world for a proper execution.

Us-And-Them - Mister Sandman, 1391 words, PG
He's been dreaming. It shouldn't even be a surprise anymore. It's a constant, and it always ends the same way—blankets a mess, blood on the pillow, some broken-record-image looping quietly in his head. *My take on a 16-year-old Tommy Anderson. Oneshot.*

Us-And-Them - Static, 545 words, PG
Have you ever reached for a light switch and wondered—for a moment—if there will be anything there when that light comes on? *Oneshot.*

Us-And-Them - The Rabbit Hole, 12358 words, PG-13
No one ever asked him if he wanted to play the savior. *Novelization of the first movie. Reloaded and Revolutions to follow.*

vballmania23 - Not Like This, 327 words, PG
Switch's POV of the moments before her death.

verulam (krynon) / verulams (finnlogan) - immeasurable, 1054 words, Unrated
Neo- or not Neo now, not Neo at all. He creates, that's the point. What else can he do?

* vienna_salvatori - just living out their lives, oblivious, 3767 words, PG
There was an accident, they say. She came off her motorbike, they say. A concussion, they say. She's lucky it wasn't worse, they say. Tiffany is glad of that, really. She has a family to look after, she has children. She might not care too much about being hurt herself, but she has people depending on her. She has responsibilities. It's not like she could just leave them. The concussion, the memory loss... it was terrifying. If it had taken her kids from her, she doesn't know what she would have done. But it didn't, so it's fine. She's not missing anything important. She's not missing anything she'd want to keep. (Except there are things she does not remember. Except there are things she does not forget.) Or: Tiffany's life in the Matrix, rewritten again and again.

Vortex - Alone, 800 words, G
the reactions of someone who has just seen, in a dream, a child in a powerplant. (this is kinda strage, in actual fact its wierd. I was feling mightily pissed whn i wrote this. in fact i might delete in later)

Vortex - Armegaddon, 442 words, G
errm, i cant spell this word, but this is the reactions of someone when the sky was scorched.

Vortex - Left Behind, 1086 words, G
A friend of Neo's main thoughs after the agents got him.

Vortex - Lost, 853 words, G
The last moments of a hovercraft crash survivor…

Vortex - Pain, 845 words, G
ok, this is wierd too, as i seem to writ alot when i'm pissed off. But good. If your depressed read.

Vortex - Red or BLue?, 1222 words, G
which would you take?.....…

Vortex - Sick, 986 words, G
The mind of a local inmate. (Note i like this one.)

* whatimages - total conversion mod, 1718 words, PG-13
IGN: Deus Announces Long-Awaited Matrix Sequel

wintersheir - Just Before Waking, 500 words, PG
The world is broken, a jagged rent in heaven and earth whose splintering path you have followed all your life.

WriterSpud - Untitled, 2083 words, PG
Old, old piece I found on my hard drive...rating for a li'l language. More will come...sometime.

Writes with Block - The Sum of Us, 12561 words, PG-13
What does it mean to be the daughter of the One? I hate doing summaries. Anyone out there that wants to do them for me? Written for Julie. Rated for later chapters. CHAPTER SIX IS UP!

xJAYMANx - Yurei in the Yakuza, 1459 words, PG
Snapshots of Ghost’s life from his birth on February 10, 1965 to his freedom from the Matrix on August 8, 1988.

ZeldaDragon - Watercolors, 1075 words, PG-13
Trinity reminisces. "And so began another restless night watching monitors before coming back to an empty room, an empty bed, and an empty heart."

ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - A Soldier's Wife, 1995 words, G
Dozer, Tank, Zee, Cass, and a little bit of Link when they were kids, intermixed with a soldier’s wife’s reflections on this childhood and her life.

ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Crow of the Corn, 235 words, G
A poem written from Neo's point of view expressing what it is like for him to be the One.

ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Exodus, 1326 words, PG-13
A look into Trinity's past via the portal of Evanescence lyrics.

ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Xirtam, 270 words, PG
A revolutionary new product guaranteed to "free your mind faster than you can say 'there is no spoon'"

Zion Angel - Bloodstain, 1308 words, PG-13
She could see the blood on her hands, now. She would never be able to wash it off completely. Trinity deals with her first kill.

Zion Angel - Ghosts, 3074 words, PG-13
A backstory about - who else? - our beloved Ghost. Written for The Looking Glass Forum fourth fanfiction challenge.

Zion Angel - Identity, 1330 words, G
What's in a name? Written for the Looking Glass Fanfiction Challenge.

Zion Angel - Taliba, 3065 words, G
Twohundred years after the Revolution, a young girl learns of the sacrifices of Neo and Trinity. Written for the Fanfiction Challenge: Reloaded.

Zion Angel - The Sixth Lifetime, 598 words, G
As the Sixth Lifetime begins, two births are Seen, and the end of the war is in sight.

Zion Angel - Unexpected, 4390 words, G
For Morpheus, it has been a long journey to truly understand how special Trinity is. Written for The Looking Glass Fanfiction Challenge: Revolutions.

Zodiac - Agents Of Change (1), 14797 words, PG-13
The crew of the Neb finds that a semi-sentient program may be a valuable ally.

Zodiac - Agents Of Change (2), 12492 words, PG-13
While an enforced vacation in the Matrix can teach an AI a lot, it's never a good thing when the gun-toting relatives show up.

Zodiac - Agents Of Change (3), 10896 words, PG
Eve begins teaching Neo how to manipulate the system, and the desperate Matrix sends one of it's own on a misson into the heart of the Resistance.

Zodiac - Agents Of Change (4), 11580 words, PG-13
While Neo and Eve work towards peace, there are still battles to be fought at home and in the field.


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