100+ Fantasy Writing Prompts For Middle School

Fantasy has a way of sparking the imagination in ways no other genre can. It takes us out of the ordinary and places us in enchanted lands, talking forests, and hidden portals beneath our beds. For middle schoolers, whose minds are already filled with wonder, fantasy writing is like a playground where dragons, magical libraries, and ancient spells feel right at home.

These years are also a time when young writers are just discovering their voice. They want to create wild, exciting stories—but sometimes, they need a little nudge to get started. That’s where fantasy prompts come in. Whether it’s a wizard school prank gone wrong or a riddle-spouting dragon, the right idea can light a fire that keeps the pen moving for pages.

Let’s explore why fantasy fits middle schoolers so well, offer some tips for shaping those ideas into full stories, and give you 100+ prompts to start writing your own magical adventures.

Why Fantasy Writing is Perfect for Middle Schoolers

Fantasy allows for big ideas, but it also leaves room to explore personal feelings and challenges in disguise. Through magical metaphors, middle schoolers can write about friendship, fear, change, and courage.

They’re also at the perfect age to take risks in storytelling. They’re not afraid to write about a town of flying squirrels or a book that eats lies for breakfast. These ideas may seem silly on the surface, but underneath, they help kids process real emotions and make sense of the world.

Plus, fantasy stories don’t require strict rules. That freedom means students can focus more on creativity and less on whether their story is “realistic.” And that’s exactly what makes it such a great fit.

Quick Tips for Turning Prompts into Full Stories

Before diving into the prompts, take a moment to understand how a small idea can grow into an entire story. These quick tips will help make the process fun and manageable:

• Brainstorm Before Writing

Take 2 minutes to ask, “What if?” What if the dragon doesn’t want gold but collects teacups? What if the portal leads to your past?

• Character-Building

Think about who the hero is. Are they brave, curious, clumsy, or clever? Give them a clear goal and a flaw.

• World-Building

Use the five senses. What does your magical forest smell like? What weird rule exists in the kingdom?

• Conflict and Growth

Every story needs a problem. Whether it’s a missing spellbook or a lost sibling, add stakes that push the character to grow.

• Keep It Simple

Beginning, middle, end. That’s all you need to start.

100+ Fantasy Writing Prompts for Middle School

Here’s where the magic begins. The prompts below are grouped by theme, offering everything from funny wizard mishaps to eerie magical curses. Use them to kickstart a story and build a whole fantasy world.

a. Magical School Adventures

1. On your first day at Wizard Academy, you accidentally turn the headmaster into a frog. Now you must reverse the spell—or risk expulsion forever.
2. Your school’s ‘History of Magic’ textbook comes to life—literally. Now the characters won’t stop giving you advice, even during your math test.
3. A teacher secretly runs a portal club in Room 13. One day, they forget to close the gate—and something dangerous comes through.
4. The lunch lady is secretly a spell-casting witch who tests recipes on students. Today’s lunch? Invisibility soup.
5. You discover your locker is actually a mini-library of banned spells. Now every student wants to borrow your locker.
6. Every time you write notes in your magical notebook, they come true. But now the notebook has started writing on its own.
7. A substitute teacher turns out to be a famous magical outlaw. Can you keep their identity secret?
8. The school mascot turns into a real magical creature during full moons—but only you can see the transformation and help it.
9. Your grades mysteriously improve—until you realize your enchanted report card reflects what you think you earned, not what you did.
10. Magic gym class involves dragon riding, and you have a fear of heights. Now your dragon is the only one not flying.
11. You find a wand in the lost-and-found box. But the wand has its own opinions on how spells should be cast.
12. A magical prank war gets out of hand, and now the whole school is covered in jelly. Can you fix it before the principal returns?
13. The principal was turned to stone a decade ago. You find the key to wake them—but someone doesn’t want them back.
14. There’s a secret class at midnight—but no one admits to attending it, and your name just appeared on the roster.
15. You discover a hidden map carved under your desk. Each week, it reveals a new clue to a magical mystery.
16. The school library keeps rearranging itself, and now it’s lost a whole wing. You’re stuck inside and must find the exit.
17. Your best friend is cursed to speak in riddles. Can you break the spell before they fail their oral presentation?
18. Everyone else disappears when the school bell rings. You must figure out where they go—and why you’re the only one left.
19. You must pass a magical exam—inside a dream. If you fail, you won’t wake up.
20. There’s a whispering mirror in the bathroom that gives life advice. But today, it warns you not to go to class.

Themes: Friendship, mischief, and magical lessons gone wrong.

b. Mythical Creatures & Talking Animals

21. A grumpy dragon refuses to breathe fire unless someone solves its daily riddles. You’re the only one who understands its strange humor and decide to help.
22. Your pet cat reveals it’s actually a royal guardian from another dimension—and it needs your help to stop an invasion back home.
23. A lonely unicorn appears in your backyard asking for shelter. But hiding it from your curious neighbors is harder than you thought.
24. During a science experiment gone wrong, a phoenix hatches from your beaker. Now it’s growing too fast and setting things on fire.
25. Your class gets a surprise guest teacher: a mermaid who insists your school has hidden ocean roots.
26. A clever fox begins following you home and reveals a hidden path to an enchanted forest only you can enter.
27. You find a glowing egg that keeps changing shape. It could be anything—and it’s about to hatch.
28. A centaur moves into your neighborhood and offers to tutor you in magical studies. But something about their past doesn’t add up.
29. Your hamster sprouts wings overnight and demands to be treated like royalty. Turns out, it’s no ordinary pet.
30. A school of flying fish shows up every morning to help you escape a group of bullies—are they magical, or just loyal?
31. A griffin visits you in your dreams offering rides to far-off places. But one night, it doesn’t take you back.
32. A wise-cracking owl won’t stop giving you bad advice. But oddly, following it leads to surprising results.
33. Your dog keeps sneaking into a mysterious alley and returning with ancient magical scrolls. Who’s sending them?
34. A goat at the petting zoo insists it’s the reincarnation of a forgotten king. It begs you to reclaim its kingdom.
35. You accidentally feed your lunch to a troll under a local bridge. Now it demands snacks and friendship every day.
36. A pack of wolves saves you from an accident and begins following you around. Are you their new leader—or something more?
37. A yeti opens a snow-cone stand at the town fair and offers you a job. But customers start vanishing after each order.
38. A colorful snake begins appearing in your dreams, giving you prophecies that come true—but at a cost.
39. You find a baby kraken hiding in your bathtub. It wants to stay—but the sea is calling it home.
40. A ghostly dragon appears during thunderstorms, searching for its long-lost treasure. It believes you hold the final clue.

Themes: Loyalty, unexpected allies, animal companions.

c. Portal Fantasies (Hidden Worlds & Doorways)

41. A grumpy dragon refuses to breathe fire unless someone solves its daily riddles. You’re the only one who understands its strange humor and decide to help.
42. Your pet cat reveals it’s actually a royal guardian from another dimension—and it needs your help to stop an invasion back home.
43. A lonely unicorn appears in your backyard asking for shelter. But hiding it from your curious neighbors is harder than you thought.
44. During a science experiment gone wrong, a phoenix hatches from your beaker. Now it’s growing too fast and setting things on fire.
45. Your class gets a surprise guest teacher: a mermaid who insists your school has hidden ocean roots.
46. A clever fox begins following you home and reveals a hidden path to an enchanted forest only you can enter.
47. You find a glowing egg that keeps changing shape. It could be anything—and it’s about to hatch.
48. A centaur moves into your neighborhood and offers to tutor you in magical studies. But something about their past doesn’t add up.
49. Your hamster sprouts wings overnight and demands to be treated like royalty. Turns out, it’s no ordinary pet.
50. A school of flying fish shows up every morning to help you escape a group of bullies—are they magical, or just loyal?
51. A griffin visits you in your dreams offering rides to far-off places. But one night, it doesn’t take you back.
52. A wise-cracking owl won’t stop giving you bad advice. But oddly, following it leads to surprising results.
53. Your dog keeps sneaking into a mysterious alley and returning with ancient magical scrolls. Who’s sending them?
54. A goat at the petting zoo insists it’s the reincarnation of a forgotten king. It begs you to reclaim its kingdom.
55. You accidentally feed your lunch to a troll under a local bridge. Now it demands snacks and friendship every day.
56. A pack of wolves saves you from an accident and begins following you around. Are you their new leader—or something more?
57. A yeti opens a snow-cone stand at the town fair and offers you a job. But customers start vanishing after each order.
58. A colorful snake begins appearing in your dreams, giving you prophecies that come true—but at a cost.
59. You find a baby kraken hiding in your bathtub. It wants to stay—but the sea is calling it home.
60. A ghostly dragon appears during thunderstorms, searching for its long-lost treasure. It believes you hold the final clue.

Themes: Adventure, discovery, bravery.

d. Quests & Heroic Journeys

61. A grumpy dragon refuses to breathe fire unless someone solves its daily riddles. You’re the only one who understands its strange humor and decide to help.
62. Your pet cat reveals it’s actually a royal guardian from another dimension—and it needs your help to stop an invasion back home.
63. A lonely unicorn appears in your backyard asking for shelter. But hiding it from your curious neighbors is harder than you thought.
64. During a science experiment gone wrong, a phoenix hatches from your beaker. Now it’s growing too fast and setting things on fire.
65. Your class gets a surprise guest teacher: a mermaid who insists your school has hidden ocean roots.
66. A clever fox begins following you home and reveals a hidden path to an enchanted forest only you can enter.
67. You find a glowing egg that keeps changing shape. It could be anything—and it’s about to hatch.
68. A centaur moves into your neighborhood and offers to tutor you in magical studies. But something about their past doesn’t add up.
69. Your hamster sprouts wings overnight and demands to be treated like royalty. Turns out, it’s no ordinary pet.
70. A school of flying fish shows up every morning to help you escape a group of bullies—are they magical, or just loyal?
71. A griffin visits you in your dreams offering rides to far-off places. But one night, it doesn’t take you back.
72. A wise-cracking owl won’t stop giving you bad advice. But oddly, following it leads to surprising results.
73. Your dog keeps sneaking into a mysterious alley and returning with ancient magical scrolls. Who’s sending them?
74. A goat at the petting zoo insists it’s the reincarnation of a forgotten king. It begs you to reclaim its kingdom.
75. You accidentally feed your lunch to a troll under a local bridge. Now it demands snacks and friendship every day.
76. A pack of wolves saves you from an accident and begins following you around. Are you their new leader—or something more?
77. A yeti opens a snow-cone stand at the town fair and offers you a job. But customers start vanishing after each order.
78. A colorful snake begins appearing in your dreams, giving you prophecies that come true—but at a cost.
79. You find a baby kraken hiding in your bathtub. It wants to stay—but the sea is calling it home.
80. A ghostly dragon appears during thunderstorms, searching for its long-lost treasure. It believes you hold the final clue.

Themes: Courage, teamwork, overcoming doubts.

e. Time Travel & Ancient Magic

81. You touch an old pocket watch at a garage sale and are instantly transported to the year 3024, where robots rule the world and think you’re a spy from the past.
82. A museum exhibit comes to life at night and begs you to help lift a powerful curse that trapped its magical history inside.
83. Your school is built on top of an ancient magical battlefield. You discover this when you fall through a trapdoor in the library and land in the past.
84. An ancient scroll in your attic begins writing your name over and over—each time with a new prophecy.
85. You open an hourglass and lose five years of your memory. Now you must piece your life back together while magical time guardians hunt you.
86. You meet a younger version of your grandparent who accidentally casts a spell that traps both of you in a memory.
87. Your magical pen writes messages from the future. One day, it warns you that someone is trying to erase magic forever.
88. A spell goes wrong in class and launches you into the year 1492—right in the middle of a witch trial.
89. A knight from the past rides out of your school’s trophy case and claims you as their page.
90. You uncover a forgotten clocktower that resets time every night—but only for you. Now you must stop a growing time loop.

Themes: History, consequences, fixing the past.

f. Supernatural Mysteries & Curses

91. Every night at 3 AM, your shadow starts moving on its own. It’s trying to complete a mission you don’t understand.
92. You take a book from the ‘Forbidden Section’ of your town library, and now mysterious figures are following you everywhere.
93. You begin receiving letters from a student who disappeared 100 years ago. They claim to be trapped in a mirror world.
94. Your dreams start predicting disasters—but no one believes you until it’s too late.
95. A mirror in your attic doesn’t reflect your world—it shows another one that seems to watch you back.
96. You start hearing whispers from your old backpack, which you haven’t touched in months. One day, it opens on its own.
97. A thunderstorm strands you in an abandoned train station. The train that arrives is full of ghosts looking for a lost ticket.
98. A locket passed down in your family reveals ghostly visions. It tells you a secret no one else remembers.
99. Everyone on your street is affected by a strange curse—no one can say their own name. You’re the only one who can break it.
100. The full moon reveals invisible creatures lurking in your town. Only you can see them—and they’re waiting for something.

Themes: Problem-solving, uncovering secrets.

g.      Funny & Lighthearted Fantasy Prompts

101. You invent a spell to do your homework—but the answers it gives are all sarcastic, and your teacher thinks you’re being cheeky.
102. A witch turns the school cafeteria into a buffet of living food. Now the spaghetti is starting a rebellion.
103. A rainbow sneezes and causes a glitter storm that won’t go away. Now, everything you touch sparkles.
104. Your broomstick refuses to fly straight and keeps taking you to awkward places, like the principal’s office mid-lecture.
105. A tiny dragon lives in your sock drawer. It keeps stealing your snacks and leaving glitter behind.
106. You summon a genie, but it’s allergic to wishes and keeps sneezing things into existence by accident.
107. Your teacher turns into a toad every time someone in class tells a lie. Now you have to fix it before parent-teacher night.
108. A magical curse makes you rhyme everything you say. It’s fun at first… until you have to take a math test.
109. A talking cupcake claims it’s your long-lost advisor. But its advice is mostly about frosting.
110. You inherit a magical crown that turns everything you touch into jelly. Now your shoes—and your homework—keep wobbling away.

Themes: Humor, creativity, playful magic.

h. Dark Fantasy & Spooky Prompts

 

111. The new kid in class has no reflection. When you ask why, they whisper, “Because I’m not really here.”
112. A haunted doll follows you home from a garage sale and insists it’s trying to protect you. The question is—from what?
113. You find a dusty spellbook that glows when you touch it. Once opened, it won’t close—and the pages flip on their own.
114. A mysterious carnival appears in your town overnight. It only opens at midnight, and the games have strange prizes.
115. A full moon turns you into a shadow that no one can see—but other shadows recognize you.
116. The fog outside your window starts whispering your name. The voice sounds eerily familiar.
117. You find an old photo album in your attic. The pictures inside move—and some show you doing things you’ve never done.
118. Your best friend is acting strangely. One day, you discover they’ve been replaced by a magical copy.
119. Your diary begins writing back in a voice that knows too much about your past.
120. One night, the moon disappears from the sky. No one else notices—except a strange old woman who tells you it’s up to you to bring it back.

Themes: Mystery, suspense, facing fears.

How to Turn These Prompts Into a Story

Once you find a prompt that sparks something in your mind, don’t stop there. Here’s how to keep going:

• Step 1: Pick a prompt that excites you Choose something that makes you smile or feel curious. That’s a good sign you’ll enjoy writing it.
• Step 2: Create a character Who is the main character? What are they good at? What do they fear? Are they funny, shy, stubborn?
• Step 3: Build your world Where does the story happen? Is it cold and snowy or bright and floating? Add one unusual detail.
• Step 4: Outline the plot You need three basic parts: a beginning (something changes), a middle (the challenge), and an end (how it wraps up).
• Step 5: Write without worrying Don’t stress about perfect grammar or spelling at first. Just enjoy the ride. You can always revise later.

Conclusion

Fantasy writing gives you the freedom to invent your own worlds, speak with dragons, solve ancient puzzles, and discover who you are through your characters. Whether your story is funny, spooky, epic, or mysterious, it all starts with one spark of an idea.

Pick a prompt that makes you curious. Then start writing, exploring, and dreaming your way into a story only you can tell.

 

FAQs

Q1: What if I like a prompt but don’t know how to start the story?

Try writing a “what happens next” scene. You can also write the ending first and work backward.

Q2: Can I mix two prompts together?

Absolutely! That’s one of the best ways to make the idea your own.

Q3: What if my story gets too long?

That’s okay! Long stories mean you’re exploring your world well. Just break it into parts or chapters.

Q4: Are these prompts only for school use?

Nope! You can use them for fun, personal writing, or even to write your first book.

Q5: What should I do when I get stuck?

Take a break, change the setting, or throw in a new character. Sometimes a twist brings the spark back.