Claimings:
I do not own "The Vampire Diaries" and the characters that belong in there, they are all L.J. Smith's creations, and this is story is only for my private amusement (and yours as well of course), not for advertising or anything such.
And I haven't read any other books by L.J. Smith other then "The Vampire Diaries", so all that might be simillar to her other stories is just me spoofing something up.
The material in this story is highly spoilerish for those of you who haven't read "The Vampire Diaries", there are parts where I'm telling a lot of what has happened in it. Especially chapter 4, and those who don't want to be spoiled but yet read my story, skip it until about half down the chapter, where a new paragraph starts with the words: "A month later…"
The rating on this story is PG:13, though I might have to raise it at some chapters, due to explicit content.
Angel is mine. Nobody else may take him away from me, as he was born in my mind one day when I was writing my story "Killed by the innocent" and has been with me ever since, changing looks depending on how I feel like he should be.
And his name is not, I repeat, NOT taken from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". I've used the name for nearly eight years, before I ever heard of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". I admit that when I first saw how David Boreanaz made the character of Angel I thought of him looking that way for a while, but soon regained him to my standard. I'm no copy-cat, I make my own things (except when I feel like writing Fan Fictions of course).
Nyx is also mine, and took shape under my pencil one day when I was drawing. For those whom are interested of how she looks in my mind, here's a link:
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Music:I've got a very keen ear for music, listens to it 24/7 and practically all kinds of music. It inspires me when I write and also affects how it's formed. Therefore I'm going to suggest some listening during the story, and it'll stand here. I've listened to the songs listed down while I wrote.
Prologue: Devil's pie – D'Angelo
Chapter 1: Love hurts – Nazareth
Chapter 2: One year ago – Lene Marlin
'Dream' sequence: A place nearby – Lene Marlin
Chapter 3: Soar – Christina Aguilera
Chapter 4: Kindness for granted – Zhané
Chapter 5: Calm before the storm – Darude
Chapter 6: Prince of Darkenss – 666
Chapter 7: You're not the man – Sade
Chapter 8: Carmina Burana (Cantiones profanae) – Carl Orff
Chapter 9: Tell me – Camilla Brinck
Chapter 10: Easier to run – Linkin Park
Chapter 11: Without you – Sisqó feat. Dru Hill
Chapter 12: Things I've seen – Spooks
Chapter 13: Never be the same again – Melanie C feat. Lisa "Left eye" Lopez
Chapter 14: Fight music – D12
Chapter 15: Into the west – "the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" soundtrack, performed by Annie Lennox
Chapter 16: Hello - Evanescence
Chapter 17: Something happened on the way to heaven – Deborah Cox
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Explanations:
I have never ever been in Los Angeles, not even crossed the borders to the US, so forgive me if my descriptions of the city is false, I try not to be that specific of where it takes place in LA.
And the part about turning 18… where I live, you become an adult when you're 18, and that's what I'm going to set in this story as well, even though I know that it's 21 in the US. Basically that's because otherwise Bonnie would be past 40, and I wouldn't think that was so good, concidering some of the things I've planned for her (Note: I do not say that you're old when you're 40, it's just… Well… it wouldn't work).
Nope, this is not a Mary Sue, if it becomes I'll shoot myself. I've spent the last eight years to resist my urge to write Mary Sue's, though I have not fully succeded at all my projects (f.ex. "The black widow" & "Vanessë") and after a while, I just give up on them, sick of writing that way. Characters should have falses, perfect characters get so boring, nobody ever wins every battle and never get harmed. Not all stories end good, even though that's what we often want to see in a story.
The name Nemesis comes from the Greek and was the Goddess of indignation and retribution for evil deeds or undeserved good fortune. She was a personification of the resentment aroused in men – and in the gods –, by other men who commited crimes with apparent impunity, or who had inordinate good fortune. Her name means 'she who distributes or deals out' (taken from )
All that I can say is that the Nemesis in this story is a God, not a Goddess.
And Nyx also happens to be Greek (even though I didn't know that when I first came up with the name). Nyx was the personification of night and one of the first born Gods. She was the daughter of air and mother to light and day and had a lot of children in spirits. As being one of the most ancient Goddessess it was said that even Zeus held her in awe and feared doing anything to displease her (also taken from )
As a matter of fact Nyx was Nemesis' mother, though in this story she is none of all this. Nyx is just a very strong woman.
That should be it, I can't think of anything more to say about this story… so… let's start with the story!
Oh, and I'm happy if you read and reply, though no rants, that's just childish and immature. If you want to critizise me, feel free to do so, but do it in a way that I can see what wrongs I've made so that I can change it. I'm writing this story because I want to get good at it, this is for you, remember that =)