A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, an innocent little anonymous author was hassled by a jilted reviewer for offering free stories to the Cats fandom. The innocent post went as follows...

So I just finished my first multi-chapter fic, "Innocence Lost" and I thought I commemorate the occasion by giving out a few free one-shots. More specifically I'll be giving out one for each chapter of "Innocence Lost," which means I won't have to put the number here because you've all already gone and read it right?

Now, on to the matter at hand.

First and foremost here are my rules for requesting:

1) There are no rules.

2) See above.

I do have one caveat however, when it comes to requests of a more... adult... nature. There are some things I'm just not comfortable with, and simply will not write. Those things are few and far between, though, so go ahead and ask if you're not sure.

These stories will be between one and two thousand words, unless you give me a prompt I REALLY love, in which case I'll probably end up going overboard.

Now you may be asking, "How do you plan on choosing who's getting stories?" I'll tell you. First priority will be given to the four lovely people who left me reviews on "Innocence Lost," but the remaining stories will be chosen based purely on what pops out at me, so make your prompt really interesting if you want to increase your chances. If you don't, why the hell are you still reading this?

Obviously you'll be submitting your requests through the Reviews section so everyone can see that I am actually taking these from you guys and not just making it look like I am while simply cherry picking for special people. The only exceptions are for those four reviewers, who can message their request directly if they'd prefer.

That should just about cover everything... oh wait. There is one last thing... You've only got 48 hours to post your requests. Yup. This baby is going live at 7 pm Pacific Time on May 5th, 2016, and I'll be choosing and posting who's getting their free story at 7:05 pm Saturday (May 7th, 2016, for those of you who have trouble with these things).

Now, in the words of Pat Benetar, HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT!

~AA406

The poor author was so distraught by the harsh words of the review he knew not what to do, until a wise friend appeared to him, as if in a dream. "Carry on," she said with an encouraging grin. "Toss his review in the bin, to offer free stories is never a sin." With a new sense of vigor, this anonymous author, began writing with righteous fury, for he was in quite a hurry.

"More free stories!" he cried, voice full of pride. "For all those who desire to fuel my literary fire, I shall write their requested tale, during this blow-out sale!" Heart full of joy, like a love struck boy, he ran to the fans, free stories in hand. Then he shouted, as if from a mountain, "Let no author be muted, nor his intentions disputed, so long as his heart is true and he bears stories for you!"

So ends the tale of our poor little author, who never wished to be a bother. Free stories in hand, he took a stand and fought the reviews that gave him the blues.