So, I could sit here and just let you go ahead and read Chapter 1…but I'm not that type of guy! This series is and has been successful because of the fans. As some of you know, when I first came to FFN, I was a Percy Jackson writer as well as a BN writer. However, I didn't feel the same sense of community as I do here with the BN/SF people here (couple bust stories and just overall falling very much out of love with the series caused me to leave the fan base). So then, I made my way here and have been very happy ever since.

Why? Well, because of all the internet friends I've made on here. While I have talked to quite a few people on this site, these six are people who I actually have made habit of talking to. While five of the people here are writers of BN, they all have my respect. I say give their stuff a look. So without further ado, time to give thanks to people who I call my internet friends. (This is in fact organized by first interactions; earliest to latest)

Gavzilla: First PM: Aug 22nd, 2013

Whoa…it's been like…over a year and a half since we first started talking. Gav was the first BN writer I had actually PMed on this site and, along with True, was one of the first members to join the staff of my Megaman Battle Network Community (which now also accommodates Starforce). We went back and forth on randomness which ranged from his stories to my one shots to random fights using Megaman Bosses and at one time the PowerPuff Girls came into the picture… Anypanel, if you want to see a complete story about how our paths crossed for DN1, Gav has already taken the liberty of writing that story on his profile some time back. So to save you a little time I'll skip that tale. However if I'm indebted to anyone for this series success in terms of plot, it's Gav. Thanks man, you're awesome and if you ever need someone to BETA for ya, you already know that I don't mind.

True-InTha-Blue: First PM: Sept 29th, 2013

True, and ShadowDusk, are my Poke Pals on Twitter. However, he's also one of the first writers that I read on this site with his story The Love Of Many. Along with a few other authors, like Gavzilla and GuardianNature2012, his stuff is very interesting and you can tell that it made an impact on my stuff because some of the ideas he's written are accredited and used in my stories! Anypanel, this guy is amazing. His stuff is awesome and unique in the fact that he's actually got a special style of showing navi culture and things of that nature. He's also the only person I know who loves a shiny Spinda. You still owe me a Pokemon battle at some time man! Thanks a million! Maybe Jirachi will finally grant you your wish!

terratasha: First PM: Oct 29th, 2013

I give respect to terra for a plethora of reasons, one being the fact that's she's made a anime Megaman BN series that I don't immediately rage quit on even with the incorporation of Cross Fusion (Megaman NT Warrior: Resurrection). She's a great person and great writer. Plus, she's my go to person on the site to talk about How To Train Your Dragon and a whole list of other things. Though she's been on this site a lot longer than me, it must have been during the period when I wasn't reading FFN for a while because to be honest I never saw her stuff until I was digging around in the archives sometime in 2013 but I'm happy I did. She is also a major reason why I ended up changing Roll and Megaman's body types…especially for the DNEs. She wasn't wrong when she mentioned that if you thought bout it, things might be a tad weird in your head. She's also caught a few hiccups that both Gav and I missed. So again, thanks terra!

BalanceM88: First PM: Nov 26th, 2013

For those who don't know, Balance goes as far back as the first DN story. If you look under the reviews, she's Empress Roll there. Balance's like 5x times better than me in terms of BN/NT Warrior knowledge, she's also an Ace detective (at least I hope I'm not that predictable…hehehe…). She's made several guesses that are close to or on the mark and if I give her clues, she normally figures it out. She's also my battle chip consultant when I can't remember just what exactly a chip does (because we all know how descriptive the games are at times). and has helped me a bunch of times while writing this story. But anypanel, she's a great writer and person to talk to! I will also say that she's my next co-author. Yep, sometime during summer 2014, I came up with an idea that I remembered ran somewhat similar to one of Balance's story ideas. And soon enough, we planned a Battle Network series which will come out some time after DN5 is over. And well, that's all you'll hear of that for a little while (we hope you join us for it!). With that, thanks for everything Balance!

Animegirl257: First PM: Mar 9th, 2014

Ani gets a couple of awards for a couple of reasons. She's made I believe the longest SF story on the block but also she's the first person to call me Casper (go figure). Anypanel, like Shadow and True, she's also another person I talk Pokemon with, but also general animes as well. That and like Gav's, our conversations have pretty much gone straight to chaos at times. Also, she's the first who's pretty much told me to lay off the bad puns since I've been on FFN. Anypanel, I've at least had a blast talking to her about stories, plots, and just general mayhem that we all like to call fanficiton. So anypanel, thanks for being awesome! ( dailywth wp-content / uploads / 2013 / 10 / dwth_funny_puns_intended-2 . jpg) ...Don't mind me...I'm just going to leave that there.

ShadowDusk94: First Tweet: April 30th, 2014

Shadow is my other Poke pal on Twitter as well as a long time DN fan (and all my other stuff…so a Ghost501 FFN fan?). I'm pretty sure he's read either all or a majority of my BN stuff. Anyway, I can't honestly thank him enough for all the support and back and forth pretty much talking about Pokemon with True! Thanks again, man!

And that's about it. Of course, thanks to all DN fans and I hope this series has been as much fun for you as it has been for me. And without further ado…Soul Eclipse time everyone! Though I do wonder...how bout once a week uploads again? Those are fun right? XD

Note, thanks to Balance who sent me a whole list of chips back in DN4. I didn't use all of em, but some chips were inspired or directly from that list and I neglected to say anything in DN4 since I forgot to write it in any of the author notes... XP Sorry!