Okay, I know I have a lot of explaining to do. For anyone who receives this update and cares to look at it, the bare basics of what happened is that my parents put a virus on my computer. This wasn't a nice little bit of spyware that you could go and delete, get anti-virus, and go on your marry way. No, this...this was the virus that prevents your computer from logging on, making it go blue screen. We had to restore the computer to factory defaults.
I didn't just lose what work I had on this story I lost all my work on EVERY story. All my original ones that I wrote, wiped out in an instant. Some of it I wrote on paper and typed later, others I have a vague memory, but they never will be as good, and some are lost forever. Needless to say, this put me in quite a slump, and I really didn't feel like writing, or doing much of anything, just really depressed. Hence there being almost a year since I last updated. I just lost my drive to write, not to mention when I did write, I never got many reviews.
But lately, especially with the new Avatar trailer, which looks only moderately interesting with the casting choice, and all the Avatar I have been watching on TV, I decided to get on fan fiction, copy this story from it, and try to continue it again. So I'm going back, re-reading over my material, and getting back in the grove. I'm going to re-post this story again with a new name, Book 4: Air Reconstruction, after I've gone through and made some corrections. Won't be hard to find, it's the only other story i've written, just click my profile link. Already did ch.1-5 which I changed chapter 1 A LOT (same information, but reconstructed with a better and more entertaining to read layout), and fixed more grammar errors then I knew existed. for reference, this is not chapter 1 obviously, i put this over it so anyone reading this would go to the real story, i'm leave this up as a personal thing. Sort of like a memorial to all the stories i lost, because if it wasn't for this, this story wouldn't even exist right now. so feel free to go back and touch over it again. So yea, I apologize for blowing off anyone who got really into this, but life can do crazy things sometimes, likes to get in the way. I should have the next couple of chapters up before the end of next week, got to pack up for college too. (which also means a little more free time for you guys when I get there).
Lastly, if you are actually reading this, whoever you are. You saw this update and said, "I remember this story, wonder what happened, lets read it," I really cannot thank you enough for liking it that much. I lack words to describe how considerate this is, and I have no idea how to begin to thank you, except that I will always have a special place for you, and thank you once again, although these words seem petty an attempt to do justice.