A Poet's journey

by a ship nerd

Departure, Poet or bandit, Shots in the Dark, Arrival. The Poet's been through and seen a lot. How much though? Who's been affected? Why? How? A story to answer some of these questions. Focusing on characters; some new, some old. Some known, some misunderstood, and some forgotten; forgotten for a reason. A/N: basically a huge summery of the whole Poet or bandit timeline.

1. Poet speaks out

A cabin sealed away in a dark place. A half-breed sitting in a chair, the typewriter he leaned over ticking away as things progressed. He stopped as he felt the presence of someone enter the room.

Ah yes, it was that writer again. "Gone for months and now suddenly coming back, eh?" he scoffed as he turned to the audience that came with him.

"Hey guys, it's been a while hasn't it? I know I know, you all have questions. Let's just cut to the chase. 'Is Poet or bandit, or Arrival alive?' Well, not exactly. Let's just say due to complications of family and school, my dear writer's been a bit discouraged to write anything for a while.

He's done the same darned thing that forced him to cancel almost all of his stories entirely over the past 4 years. Putting too much out, and not having the endurance to continue any of them! What happens then? Nothing gets updated, and hundreds, if not thousands, of eager readers from multiple fandoms ranging from books, to movies, to anime, to cartoons; well, they ALL get left out and disappointed!

Poet or bandit has almost 8,000 views, Arrival has over 3,000. The stories he's put the most work into, and he just left them for dead. He left ME for dead! No one used me, and if they did they didn't tell him! He tried to come back with his second edition; witch, when compared to the success of his other stories, wasn't really getting off the ground. The comments he got were pretty motivating, and he did add onto that unfinished chapter in Arrival. However, after his progress was deleted via computer problems 3 times, he basically gave up on the project.

Some positive reviews came in after the fact, and they were nice; but it was too little too late. Heck, I wasn't even sure if he fully remembered me...

What I do know is that - provided he gains enough support (because that worked SO WELL LAST TIME DEAR WRITER) - he'll write a book covering the basic story in the Arrival universe. Like, what happened to me? Where's the story going? Where was it? Where's Everest? Where's the Paw Patrol?

All will be answered in 'A Poet's Tail'.

Also, 2 more things. Yes, you can use me, Poet, for your stories. PROVIDED YOU FOLLOW THE RULES LAID OUT IN THE ARRIVAL CHAPTER 'THE END?'.

Second, the writer has decided that the Arrival and Poet or bandit storylines will be considered cannon to each other again! Fair warning, this story will be literally spoiling THE ENTIRE STORYLINE. So if you haven't read Poet or bandit, I recommend you do so! You get to see me be a sneaky little you-know-what, all while being faced with a traumatic moral delma!

Also, writer; I've been trapped down here for ALMOST 2 YEARS. 2 YEARS MAN! Could you maybe NEVER DO THAT AGAIN? THANKS! IT'S FRICKIN' DARK IN HERE MAN!"