Title: Reunion
Author: The Book Thief
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A look at what could have happened after the events of The Icebound Land. The physical and emotional journeys of Will, Evanlyn, Horace and Halt.
DISCLAIMER: None of the characters (except Paula) or places mentioned in this fic belong to me. Everything (except Paula) is the intellectual property of John Flanagan.
Warnings: Un-beta'd. Cliché. Cheese.
AUTHOR'S NOTE (of doom):
Finally. It's done.
I started this fic back in the summer of grade 10. I'm now in first year university. I'll let that speak for itself. Basically what happened was this: bored over the endless expanse of summer vacation, and away from any place with internet, I yearned for something to read: a story I could really sink my teeth into. Lo and behold, my brother presented me with the Ranger's Apprentice series. At the time, the fourth book wasn't available in Canada, but after the ending of The Icebound Land, I couldn't simply let things lie. Thus, this fic was born. I worked on it for a few days, and then, in that mindless way of youngsters everywhere, forgot about it for more than a year. The next summer, I was leafing through my old notebooks when I came across it again. I was still intrigued by the idea, so I worked on it some more, and summarily dropped it when school started up in September. Things continued in this vein until, panicked, I realized I had one week left before I left for university. I resolved to finish this before I left, knowing that if I didn't finish it then, I'd never do it.
I wrote the last word at 11:51pm, the night before I left. Clocking in at over twenty-seven thousand words, this is the longest anything I've ever written, and I'm ridiculously proud of it. However, it is unbeta'd and rough in some places; I'm posting it as a reminder to myself of what I can do if I put my mind to it. (And the cliché-mobile comes in… right about now.) I would greatly appreciate any feedback you have, regarding any aspect of the fic.
And now, if I haven't scared you away with that hedonistic author's note of doom… I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I've enjoyed writing it. :-)