Sacred Time, Sacred Space Introduction

Greetings and hello! Thank you for taking the time to read this, my first story on FanFiction.net. I must confess that my writing is quite rusty, as I do not do hardly enough to qualify me as an author. To simplify things for you, the reader, I've broken this introduction down into segments.

Segment 1: Background

This is a Digimon fanfic story set in the future. You'll get to see plenty of details about what the future is like as you proceed through the story and all its chapters. For now, though, I will say that this story involves a subject that is nearly as old as science fiction itself: time and space travel. While the science suggests that time travel is not possible, this has not deterred authors like myself from writing about it in the time that it has been around. There will be lots of travel backwards in time and sometimes scenes from various episodes of Digimon will be used as scene settings. I shall refrain from saying more at this time, though-I don't want to give up all my secrets just yet. ;-)

Segment 2: Structure

I'm going to speak briefly on the structure of this story-it is broken down into two different sections. The first is the traditional Chapter which everyone, I am sure, is used to seeing. However, each chapter will also be broken down into sub-chapters. I have done this for a variety of reasons- the most important of which is my own laziness. ^_^ I am, by nature, a writer on roleplaying game boards, thus I am used to short concise posts. Stories written in this way involve hundreds upon hundreds of these short posts to write. I know that writing hundreds of short two or three paragraph posts would drive everyone here nuts, so I've made the breaks larger. However, since I am in college, I do not necessarily have the time to write an entire chapter at a time. By breaking it down into sub- chapters, I can write more for my time and get more of my ideas online in a shorter amount of time. This also aids you, the reader, because it makes each section shorter and easier to read. My goal is to allow you to get the maximum "bang for your buck", or the most enjoyment possible in one sitting.

Segment 3: Thanks and Credits

I could not have written (or still be writing) this story without massive help. I wish to thank the following people, at least one of which is currently here on FanFiction.net. Please note, I'm using monikers that only they and I recognize each other by. I've done this merely to protect the innocent (or guilty, as the case may be). Thanks go out to DarkLight02, above all else, for giving me the ideas and getting me started on this path to begin with. I also wish to thank Cold Stranger, for hearing my ideas out, and General Shadow for assisting with ideas early on. Thanks also go out to anyone in real life who I talked to about this, including my housemate, whose ear I talked off. I wish to also thank the people who created the idea of Digimon to begin with-I can only hope that I can begin to do the series justice!

Segment 4: The Legal Stuff

Well, I'm afraid that I need to add this segment as well, much as I dislike it. This story is © 2003 ProjectVORTEX, all rights reserved. Digimon is a trademark of Bandai Entertainment, and all rights are reserved. Anyone who wishes to repost this story elsewhere may, as long as permission is asked for (and granted), and I am credited properly for this story.