Anything That Burns

by Darkenning

In a very damaged world, a very different Negi Springfield comes to a very different Mahora Girls Middle School ... where girls start throwing themselves at him. Sometimes, the greatest difference is no difference at all. AU, Multiple Crossovers, Lemon, Massive Harem. Inspired by "Anything That Moves" by OverMaster.

18. Timeline

In celebration of this story's first year of publication, here's a look into its deep background.

Rough Sketch Timeline for Anything That Burns

1485 - Richard III defeats and kills Henry Tydder at Battle of Bosworth Field, ending War of the Roses.

1576 - John Dee, adviser to Queen Rosalind of England, advises her to create a British Empire through colonization. She embraces this vision.

1588 - Following the defeat of the Spanish Armada, Queen Rosalind adopts the throne name Victoria, and declares the establishment of the Brittannic Empire, beginning with the subjugation of Ireland.

1642 - Parliamentarian revolt is firmly, brutally crushed; Parliamentarian movement goes underground in Brittanic Empire, emerging after successes of American and French Revolutions.

1776 - United States of America successfully rebels against Brittanic Empire. (Attempt to Geas Benjamin Franklin fails for unknown reasons.)

1812 - Brittanic Empire flees Great Britain for British North America following Napoleonic conquest.

1821 - Napoleonic Empire collapses following the Emperor's assassination; most European states (including Britain) become independent republics. In the decades that follow, most South American regions take advantage of the unrest in Europe to declare their independence from Spain and Portugal.

1840 - Kingdom of Hawaii is conquered by the Brittanic Empire, its first territorial expansion outside of the North American continent. The native Hawaiian population is forcibly assimilated over the next century.

1865-1871 - Attempted assassination of Abraham Lincoln foiled by a mystery man in a blue suit. Lincoln becomes first U.S. president to run for a third term, and passes away from an illness in 1871.

1917-1921 - European Civil War fought; United States intervenes, Brittanic Empire remains neutral. Ends without much resolved.

1940-1947 - Second European Civil War and Pacific War are fought, with Brittanic Empire and United States as reluctant allies. Ends with downfalls of the German Republic, Soviet Union, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan.

1948 - Area system founded. Area Eight established after Brittanic conquest of Jordan. (Areas One through Seven consist of the territories of the Empire up to that point.) Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered.

50 years ago - Temporal uncertainty demonstrated. This date has an accuracy of +/-5 years, with accuracy becoming greater towards the present.

45 years ago - Brittanic Empire ends north Vietnamese insurgency, establishes Area Nine.

35 years ago - First superheroes appear in the United States. First extra-terrestrial invasions (Skrulls, soon followed by Keronians). Alpha Flight program begins in Brittanic Empire, but is eventually disbanded despite leading to the creation of the first Knightmare Frames.

26 years ago - Mido Miko succeeds her grandmother as the head of the Miroku clan of ninjas.

25 years ago - Takamachi Nanoha begins training in magic. "Sleeping Kogoro" and later "Sleeping Sonoko" become famous.

23 years ago - Baby girl found on the steps of a temple in Fukuoka Prefecture is adopted by a Sugiura family and given the name Midori.

21 years ago - Kira murders begin in Japan.

20 years ago - Tenjo Utena begins studies at Otori Academy Middle School. She drops out before the end of her first year, as does her roommate, Himemiya Anthy.

19 years ago - The Rose Cross Witchcraft Club of Mahora Integrated High School summons an entity they believe to be the devil Beelzebub. Kitami Reika, their intended sacrifice, is the only survivor.

15 years ago - Second Impact. Many American superheroes and -villains are killed in the event or its immediate aftermath; many more die over the next five years. Princess Serenity dies saving Tokyo from an N2 bomb.

10 years ago - Final Grail War in Fuyuki city. Negi Springfield is born in the immediate aftermath. Skies turn red, ostensibly due to lingering pollution of the world's water supplies.

8 years ago - Assassination of Marianne vi Brittania.

7 years ago - Kitami Reika apparently dies in a fire.

5 years ago - Brittanic Empire conquers Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zheijang, and the island of Formosa, administering them as Area Eleven.

3 years ago - Suzumiya Haruhi attracts the attention of a number of esoteric factions.

1 year ago - Artificial blood is invented in a Japanese laboratory.