If you're reading this, then firstly, thank you. Even if this is just a passing read or something you're possibly interested in, I'm still grateful.

I've been extremely anxious about uploading anything related to this, since it's sorta my first time publishing an idea I've had in the works.

I hope you still find some enjoyment out of this, though. Any feedback is extremely appreciated as I hope to develop into writing this fic into something people might look forward to, and if not, then it's still something I want to focus on as a personal project.

Please enjoy!


2:48am

Elmore, California.
A usual name for such an unusual town, was held in quiet Spring darkness. A gentle overcast sky allowed for snippets of moonlight to illuminate itself into the town, but aside from the soft murmur of cars along the distant highway, a certain weight hung in the dry atmosphere.

Penny Fitzgerald, a young fairy recently broken from her shell, lay bundled into her bedsheet covers, grasping the sheet to keep the weight upon her. A futile attempt to lull in sleep.

Her newly golden-hazel eyes pierced into the faint darkness of her room, which was only being somewhat lit from the fairy lights that hung around her desk and wardrobe, as she attempted to search for a reason why she couldn't sleep. A turn to her side only made her pout, seeing the time hadn't changed from the last time she rolled over. Only 5 minutes ago.

With a defeated huff, she sat up, keeping the cover up to her chest as she sat back against the headboard, bringing her hand to rub the bridge of her nose, before rubbing her eyes.
Anxiety was riddled across her features. A hint of gauntness was cast against her cheeks. The tired in her eyes was becoming unbearable, but her mind wouldn't, couldn't, stop to rest.

She had broken from her Shell only a few days ago. Something her family held high in tradition, and law, for years. Her grandfather's, father's father, etc, for as long as she could recall, had been Shelled. Though, no-one seemed to understand why they had hide. Elmore certainly was no stranger to creatures and kin of all forms and sizes, why was her kin seemingly required to hide?
The concept riddled her thoughts, and with another sigh, she attempted to scrub them from her mind, as the idea of school perked up again.
Not that anyone from her class had any issues with her personally, a drastic change in appearance always garnered unwanted gazes, and she knew it was going to be an extremely long day tomorrow.

Another quick glance at her clock set her off, knowing she shouldn't have been tempted, she simply closed her eyes, resting her forehead against her hand that rested upon her knees.

Could she fake being sick? It wasn't completely untrue, maybe forcing herself to puke could help ease her anxiety for just a little bit longer. Staying bed ridden to let the news of her new appearance sink in before she showed up. No doubt Gumball would've told everyone first thing.

...Gumball.

Even his name seemed to ease her, a hint of a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth as she pictured his aggressive amount of enthusiasm and big mouth gushing about the news, and, maybe even admitting they were a thing? Admittedly she knew he wasn't that brash, but the idea still tickled her.

Her mind went back to that night, only a few days ago, but still felt like yesterday. His words traced her thoughts, and the small kiss they shared churned her stomach with hopeful anxiety. He promised to be there for her, whether he meant it or was trying to fill in boots that were too big, she couldn't be sure. But it was still the concept that chipped away the edge she felt more than anything.
The concept itself, however, still couldn't force sleep upon her, though the once tense posture she held now relaxed as she leant back into the headboard, eyes focused on some spot upon her ceiling.

As of now, the biggest worry was her father, Patrick. He'd become unkempt, more so than usual, with a similar feeling of sickness that Penny felt too, seemingly only residing to his bedroom and workplace as to not deal with the situation affrontedly.
Penny had prepared for the worst, although in hindsight it might have been somewhat dramatic; She was dreading the moment he'd announce they'd be departing Elmore to start over again. A new name, home, school, everything. As such, a rucksack filled with what necessities she could reasonably pack was now tucked under her bed, hidden beside a coat and rugged pair of trainers.

As cliche as the entire thought was, she was absolutely prepared to depart on her own terms if it meant seriously proving a point. Whether or not Gumball would follow her is a different hope entirely, but she assumed hiding at his place was a good enough last resort.

An exhausted sigh finally left her as another turn to the clock on her nightstand showed, at least, some significant amount of time had passed. The weight of her covers was finally beginning to take effect, as Penny mutedly sunk into the mound of pillows, taking a particularly fluffed pillow to her side to aggressively hold, burying her face into it.

"It's just another day." She muttered, her eyes closed for all but a moment, before-


-An alarm went off, dragging Penny back to the land of the living as quickly as she entered.

Morning had arrived, and Elmore was abundantly more alive than it was merely 5 hours ago.

A few elongated blaring honks left the school bus that now parked outside her house, and bidding a laughably weak smile atop her farewell to her mother, who was more than happy to drive her to school instead, Penny stood her ground in denying the ride. Even if she appeared ready for today, internally she was anything but prepared. Having a point to prove helped push every anxious thought that bombarded her since waking up, even if each thought only existed to form a migraine.

A short hop onto the bus revealed what Penny had been dreading for the past few days, except…

No-one glanced any differently towards her then they would've before. The few scattered people present seemed more preoccupied with their conversations or whatever aggressively unfunny meme they happened to be looking at on their phones. Only Leslie threw her an uninterested wave, unflinching from his barrage of gossip with Misami.

The bus began moving before Penny could respond, and took the forward momentum now pushing onto her to find an empty space, which wasn't particularly difficult considering her house was among the first few to be picked up. Having tucked her rucksack in between her legs, a more confident sigh left Penny this time, if only slightly more confident. If today could remain like this feeling right now, until she graduates, everything would turn out fine.

With each stop more bodies began filling out the bus seats, and the more crowded with pre-pubescent angst the bus became. Penny only seemed interested in the journey as the next set of streets became more familiar.
A few stops later, and the bus found itself outside the Watterson's home, Darwin and Gumball rushed over, almost tripping over each other before hopping on, enjoying their brief conversing with Rocky as usual. Darwin found himself a seat near the front, already talking with someone Penny didn't realise was even there.

It was then Gumball spun around, and the crimson on his face was easily visible.

Penny equally blushed, but waved him over, eager to hear how Gumball has been the past couple days, more so she was just happy to finally have a comforting aura to be around.

"Heya Penny, you been holding up okay?" Gumball mused quietly, having settled his backpack by his feet, scooting up beside her.

"Mmh, kinda." She admitted, the smile she had twisted into a more neutral expression, it was better to be honest than to pretend the last few days haven't been the biggest thing in her life so far. "Dad's still being… difficult, about everything. I think he just needs more time to get used to, well, me, again, I guess."

"...Yeah, I'd say give it a little while, I'm sure he'll start improving soon." He took Penny's hand into his paw, brushing his thumb over her knuckle. "What about, everyone else?" He motioned his head towards the rest of the bus, where conversations still continued on like normal.

"So far, so good. No-ones really given me any unusual glances yet, but there's always tomorrow."

Gumball fiddled with the thought in his mind, gazing into the back of the bus seat.

"I'll be fine." Penny reassured him, squeezing his paw gently, bringing him back to reality for the moment. "All we need is for Tobias to do something incredibly stupid and, things'll go back to feeling normal."

"Oh trust me, that won't take long. Have you heard how he plans on scuffing the tests today?"

Penny shook her head a little, a grin forming on her tired features.

"X-Ray glasses. Like, the ones you get from the back of old comics from the 60's; X-Ray glasses. I'm almost 90% sure he paid actual money for 'em too."

The pair gazed over a few seats back to see Tobias holding his flimsy specs for a small gathering to see, rambling on about how he's going to ace every test that could possibly exist.

Penny snorted into her free hand, trying to keep her giggles low so he didn't hear them.

"He can't be serious, right? Like he has to know everything about his plan is absolutely garbage, surely?"

"I betcha 5 bucks he'll be face down in panic later on, you'll be able to pinpoint the exact moment his 'plan' falls apart."

"If I wasn't buying us lunch, I'd take you up on that." She grinned fully, but then another thought crossed her mind, one that made her tense into her seat, having readjusted so her wings were more folded against her back.

"H-Hey, so… have…" Penny started, biting her lip as Gumball met her gaze with a quizzical look. "...Have you told anyone, about… Us?"

Gumball had now tensed up, realising his paw was feeling a lot more sweaty than it was mere moments ago.

"W-Well, uh… I mean, Darwin doesn't count, right?" Penny shook her head, looking over Gumball's shoulder somewhat to see if the row next to them was listening in. "Then, uhm. No. No, not yet."

"Mkay… I mean, it's, it's a little obvious if we're… together, now, obviously. Uhm."

God, this was easier in her head, as was every other variant of this conversation she'd had rehearsed with herself in the shower.

"Yeah, yeah, obviously." Gumball echoed, wondering why she even wanted to bring this up now.

"...I'm not gonna lie it's gonna take me a while before I can even begin to call you my boyfriend without feeling like my entire head is going to melt."

Penny huffed in one go, now the crimson against her freckles was becoming more apparent. Gumball could only muster an embarrassed chuckle, nodding with agreement.

"I doubt it'll be that long before people start making it a thing, so…"

"...So we just, say we're a thing so people don't make it a thing?" Penny concluded, admittedly jumping through hoops this early wasn't particularly helping the slight migraine she had formed.

"I… Yeah, I can get behind that."

Gumball let out an easy sigh, and was about to retort with something before the bus came to a halt outside their school. The pair shared a glance before gathering their belongings, falling in with everyone else as they poured out from the bus.

Though, Penny fell a step behind everyone as she watched them slither off in between the growing crowds of school kids, to wherever they wanted to go before class. She didn't usually have feelings of grandeur like this, seeing as she'd told herself not 6 hours ago it'd just be another day, the weight of it all felt anything but.

That urge to run was pressed heavy onto her shoulders, it'd be easy to dart off right now, maybe she could even convince Gumball to come along this instant, he was only just a few feet ahead of her, or maybe-

Gumball stepped past the last few dwindling people up to Penny, offering a comforting smile, as she only just blinked back to reality.

"C'mon, I'll be right here with you. If you want, you could shapeshift and hide away in my pocket until we're inside? If that's even a thing you can do right now."

Penny let out a soft huff of amusement, unfortunately her ability to shapeshift wasn't fully within her control yet, emotions still being one such crux to these capabilities of hers. She simply shook her head, taking Gumball's paw into her hand.

"No… No, sorry, just, caught in the moment was all. I'll be fine." She began leading him into the building, letting out one final breath.

"...I'll be fine."


The afternoon had been rung in, as bundles of students began filling the lunch hall and surrounding sitting areas to their midday feast, as little as it would be.

Gumball was stationed just outside the hall, back to the wall with his rucksack slouched at his feet. He could only observe everyone meandering on their way, trying not to make too much eye contact with anyone.

Penny was supposed to meet him here at least 10 minutes ago, and worry was beginning to fill his frame. Amidst his thoughts, he tried chalking it up to her receiving more praise or some form of critic regarding her latest science project, whatever it might be, considering Gumball could hardly keep up with most of the jargon she used. The thought made him passively scratch the back of his head, naturally being careful with his claws, before deciding to himself that it couldn't hurt to at least attempt finding her, if anything he'd bump into her on the way. He hoped, at least, scooping his gear up before picking a direction down the hallway, and setting off.

Another odd 15 minutes had passed before Gumball had made his way across the entire section of the school Penny was supposed to be in, full fledged worry filled his entire core. Moments like this made him quietly curse the fact he wasn't allowed a mobile phone yet, and made the mental note to cast fearsome guilt eyes at his mother later.
Though, he thought back to the bus ride early, he could tell Penny wasn't… exactly, with it today. Feeling somewhat responsible, or arguably, fully responsible, he finally made his way to the library, pushing through the doors with relative ease.

The area was obviously quiet and hardly crowded, though hushed conversations could be heard from some of the bookcases to his right, no voices he recognised, however. Taking a few steps into the opening area of the library finally let his anxiety ease up greatly, seeing Penny sat at a desk with her back to the majority of the open space, with her head resting into her hand.

With rightful caution, he approached quietly to Penny, giving her shoulder a light tap.

"...You okay? I was worried you'd run off somewhere."

Penny spun from her seat, her features glossed with a sheepish apologetic nature. Though she quickly raised up to match over his height, hugging him in response.

"Yeah, I'm… I'm okay, sorry. I got caught up in thinking. Apparently time got the better of me."

Gumball returned the embrace with a sigh of relief, giving her a small smile of understanding.

"Something on your mind? Lunch can wait if you're not up to it, we can just grab food after school anyway."

"You sure? I'm still buying, promise."

"'Course, my stomach might disagree, but, I'll ration off from Darwin later."

Penny gave a quiet huff, sitting back down in her seat. The space before her was lined with science textbooks, psychology articles and some form of half-scribbled plan. Hidden only somewhat under Penny's pencil-case and myriad of pens and pencils. Gumball grabbed a nearby seat, scooting himself closer to her space, and started passively scanning the information before him. Clearly whatever this was, it was bigger than some science project.

"...This is, uh… Impressively technical. Like, way above what we should be taught. ...Right?" Gumball was still trying to read her handwriting, as gorgeously refined as it was, that didn't make it any easier to read.

"Something like that." Penny admitted, brushing some of the papers she'd be writing to reveal even more layered underneath. "...Is it weird I'm going to this length just to prove a point to Dad? I don't think I'll even have the ability to get him to listen."

Gumball threw an eyebrow up in response, but scrunched his nose up when he turned to face her.

"I don't think it's weird at all. I still just… Don't quite, know what that bit says." He pointed a claw to a section of writing, and Penny leaned over to confirm.

"Oh, that bit, it's talking about emotional aspects of shifts in appearance, and the effects over time. Like, y'know, the whole thing my entire race is built upon."

"I didn't think there was anything on your… well, you."

"There isn't. But, y'know, haphazard guesses and logical thinking basically makes up like 80-something percent of this entire script… or maybe, speech?"

"Script sounds better."

"Mhm." Penny gave a solemn nod in response, before Gumball perked up again, his ears having retracted back slightly.

"So… I wanted to ask something, if… If it's okay?"

Penny tilted her head a small amount, but gave him the go ahead to ask. Gumball took a breath, now somewhat tensing in his seat.

"You said something early on the bus that, kinda caught my attention. Something about how your Dad would have to get used to you 'again'." Gumball offered a pause, a quick glance between her and her work, but saw Penny mentally eyeing his question. He was a split second away from backtracking, it was probably a stupid question to ask anyway, but Penny gave a soft nod before speaking.

"...Yeah. I don't, think I've ever mentioned it, but. Before we moved up to Elmore, I didn't exactly look like… Well, this." She motioned to herself, but it was clear the motion confused Gumball.

"I mean, female. I wasn't a girl, really."

"Huh… Really?"

"Really." The repetition annoyed her a touch, but a soft smile was present on her features.
"It's funny to me, honestly. We're open about being whomever we want to present ourselves as, even if it takes Dad a while to get used to. I could say to my parents I wanted to be a guy and to call me Nicholas and they'd be cool with it, but breaking outta Shells is where the line is drawn. It's basically the same principle, just… more raw, I guess. Seems like a catch-22. An annoying, catch-22."

Gumball smiled in turn, it still really didn't seem to make sense as to why her family would be so overturned from breaking out of her Shell, but he quickly absconded the thought, as Penny spoke up again.

"...Does… Does that upset you?" A moment of quiet caught Gumball's attention. "...That I wasn't a girl before you knew me?" A heavy hint of worry was now lodged in her throat, as Gumball saw her eyes meet his. He quietly observed her for all but a moment, before shaking his head, returning the soft smile from before and turning to meet her face-on.

"Of course not. You could be whoever you want to be tomorrow, or in the next hour, and I-... I'd still, love you."
Gumball had to mentally check with himself that he'd just said 'love' out loud-ish, at school. Stiil, no-one within checking distance seemed to really care, but Penny gave a sheepish huff in response.

"Who said we're on 'love' terms? I said we're a 'thing', not a 'thing'." Penny teased, a slight amount of tears welling in her eyes, hoping to offer a leverage from the rather unintentional intense moment. They shared a hushed giggle, and the duo shared a solace look between them, before Gumball had any opportunity to further embarrass himself, Penny leaned from her seat to hug Gumball tight, face hidden into his sweater. He didn't want to admit her bear-like grasp was somewhat painful, but remained quiet for tension's sake.

"...But, I'm glad you would. ...Thank you."

They remained quiet for a few short minutes, letting emotions return to a less than tender level, before Penny removed herself from his shoulder, wiping her face a little.

"Sorry for the tear stains." Another quiet chuckle left her, as she began to stand, attempting to gather the books and her writing into a pile.

Gumball softly huffed, helping remove a rogue tear from her cheek after having stood up with her.

"Most of my sweaters are made up of 60% sweat and tears anyway." His features rested on a soft smirk. "Though, we should probably get going."
He collected his rucksack over his shoulder, before looking down at Penny's work once more.
"...If you need anyone to proofread your script, I'd be happy to help."

Penny could only give a meager grin in response, as the pair packed up their things and made their way from the library, hand in hand.


The shift from the morning to afternoon never went by quickly for a school day, but much to Penny's surprise and anxiety, the process went pretty much as she'd expect any 'normal' school day to go. Minus their little moment in the library earlier, the predicted scene of Tobias almost experiencing a full-fledged meltdown after having spent, according to what she gathered from others, about $25 on his now fancy sunglasses, once X-Ray specs.

As she sat outside the school atop a wall, waiting for Gumball to show up so the pair could walk home together, Penny had come to realise that, at the end of it all, no-one really seemed to mention her new appearance. Whilst there was the odd look from some of the lesser students she knew, none of them outright said anything. The worst was a double-take Ms. Simian did whilst asking her a question early, but, fortunately everything seemed to go… smoothly?
Penny had almost believed she'd somehow fallen into an alternate timeline or she'd developed some kind of invisibility of sorts. Whatever excuse she ended on, it quickly backtracked, and for that, she'd been grateful.

An excuse wasn't needed, it seems. Despite her inner monologue itching to remind her anytime she wasn't focusing.

Thankfully she wouldn't have to worry about inner thoughts driving her mind up the metaphorical wall, as Gumball could be seen conversing with Darwin on his way out the doors, and down the steps.
She remained seated as the step-brothers did a strange fist-bump/handshake combo that she only managed to catch half of, before they parted ways. Gumball eased himself through the patchy crowds on people to the wall where Penny was sat.

"Did Darwin not want to join us? I'm more than happy to pay for us all."

Penny eyed Darwin off in the distance, seeing he was talking to another circle of friends she couldn't quite identify from this distance. A passive thought crossed her mind that she might be needing glasses at this point.

"Nah, he said he wanted to walk back on his own for some reason. I'm not one to pass up an opportunity to spend more time with just me and you, anyway."
Gumball mused in return, as Penny pursed her lips down at him.

"Cute."

"Well, I try. C'mon, you still owe me lunch."

"Correction, you, owe me lunch. Well, next lunch, at any rate."

Penny jumped down from the wall, scooping her rucksack along with her, landing with perfect ease considering her new wings carried all her weight. Another passive thought crossed her mind as to whether or not she could technically 'fly', outside of her Dragon transformation, of course.

Absconding the myriad of thoughts that seemed to be absently plaguing her, the pair set off down the street and into Elmore's lower area, where newly built shops under the highway were beginning to congregate.
The foot traffic seemed to dissipate section by section the more they walked, before picking up again only slightly as they neared their destination. It wasn't long into their walk that Penny piped up, seeing as how Gumball hadn't said anything in the last few minutes, and his silence was beginning to daunt her somewhat.

"So, what is with Darwin suddenly not sticking by your side today? Every time I've seen you, he's always been with you."
She glanced over to Gumball, who was obviously caught up in his own web of thoughts. He responded with a hard sigh, simultaneously shaking his head and shrugging.

"I honestly can't tell you. He's never been the jealous type as far as I'm aware, but." He took a moment to gaze somewhere before him, turning to Penny slightly. "It might help if you guys talked more. He probably feels somewhat intimidated by you."

Penny wasn't sure whether to be insulted or upset, opting for a reaction that mixed the two.

"I can't be that intimidating, surely. I mean, we don't, hang out, but that's 'cause it's usually just me and you anyway. Even before recent events. I wouldn't want him to feel like an awkward third wheel. Arguably that's worse, right?"

Gumball merely half-shrugged in response.

"True. I've noticed he's been hanging around with other people, so, maybe it's just coincidental. But he definitely hasn't been distant at all."

The pair pondered for all but a moment, faces scrunched up in contemplation.

"Could just be puberty." Penny mused. Gumball snorted a laugh initially, before the realisation hit him.

"...Oh god it could be puberty..." A hush remark left him, accompanied with a fitting 1000 yard stare.

"You make it sound so much worse than it really is." Penny nudged him in response with a soft shoulder, a hint of crude smugness tugged at her mouth.

"Hey, listen. I can only be so many things to him, 'puberty explainer' isn't one of 'em."

A defensive blush crossed Gumball's cheeks as the pair inched closer to the new pizza/cafe hybrid, which was to be their late lunch destination. It still felt strange that someone wanted to build a pizza place nestled into the underpass of a highway, but Gumball had heard fair recommendations and wanted to try for himself, considering the distance between here, the school and home wasn't drastically far, seemed almost like fate to him.

The duo found themselves inside the building relatively quickly, considering how tiny it actually was, they were impressed it managed to even have a visible kitchen in the back, let alone enough space inside for some seating arrangements.
Unfortunately they only had time to order, having to walk, talk and eat on their way home, not that either of them really wanted to hang out in the area, given it's rather dingy atmosphere.

A short 10 minutes later and the pair was already set on their path, talking back and forth through small mouthfuls of only slightly burnt pizza, but worthy enough of earning a fairly rated 'Eh, good enough' from them both.

"Might have to make this a regular stop," Gumball swallowed a large bite of his cheese ridden slice, absently wiping the grease onto his pants. "Well, if they get more toppings, anyway."

A solemn nod of agreement was all he got in response from Penny, who had practically absorbed her pizza in three bites. Gumball wanted to interject, but left her to whatever mental rabbit hole for the walk, and instead took to staring up into the Spring sky. The clouds were minimal, and the sun was still fiercely shining down upon them, but the mild winds kept them cool as they continued closer to their homes.

The journey ended up being a lot more quieter than either party expected, though they remained hand in hand, Gumball was beginning to worry about Penny again, who didn't appear upset to any degree that he could recognise. He turned to face her a little more as they came to a stop, her home only being just up the street, around at the corner where he'd usually split off, offering a soft smile with a light squeeze of her hand.

She met his gaze after a moment, simply glossing over his eyes before a long nasal sigh left her, returning the smile with quiet contemplation.

"You gonna be okay? I can walk up with you, just incase?" Gumball studied her gaze quietly, that look of guilt began crossing his features again.

"I'll be fine… Thank you." Penny began, taking up Gumball's other paw into her free hand, now both their hands connected respectively in a soft hold.

"Dad won't be home for a while anyway, so it gives me time to unwind, thankfully."

"Well, good." Gumball gave a small huff, ready to make his departure, before Penny's face turned into something rather unnaturally stoic, her gaze towards him now more serious than before.

"...If."
Penny contemplated her words carefully, her heart going a mile a minute at very idea of what she was about to offer.

"...If I said, that, I wanted to run away- ...Would you come with me?"

The tension that hung on her last word caught Gumball by surprise, and a rather confused expression took over his features. The more he studied Penny's eyes, the more he realised this wasn't some dumb hypothetical. Within that moment, he let out a hard sigh, squeezing her hands with tender grip.

"...You say the word 'Go', and I'm there. Tonight, tomorrow, whenever."

He avoided her gaze for all but a second, turning back just as quick.

"I won't lie. I still feel guilty for putting you into this situation… I can't begin to put myself into your position and say I know how you feel in the slightest, but that won't stop me from being there in any way I can."

Penny cut him off from saying anything else by closing the short distance with another gripped embrace, squeezing him tight. Gumball returned with a quiet 'oof' from being held so hard, but easily wrapped his arms around her, letting an easy smile tug at the corners of his mouth.
Whether that was the right answer or not, neither of them could reasonably say, though it helped ease the both of them from the weirdly sudden tension that covered them earlier.

With a stuffy goodbye, Gumball lessened his embrace, planting a gentle kiss to her warm, golden cheek, and left down the opposite street, waving as he did.

In that moment, Penny could only watch her last comforting aura leave, a weight remained on her shoulders, but many deeper thoughts plaguing her had vanished temporarily. Giving one final wave to Gumball as he disappeared down the street and around a corner, she scooped up her gear once again.

She watched the empty street for a few curt moments, as a shy smile crept onto her features, turning finally to finish the journey up to her house.

A warm bath, some peace and quiet, and maybe a good book if she felt up to it would be perfect to start her afternoon, as she stepped up to unlock the door and enter her domain, all prior thoughts immediately dropped upon realising she wasn't home alone.

"Heya honey." Patrick's voice was solemn as it was deep, offering a hand towards the living room.

"...We need to chat."


As is, this ends Part 1.

I won't detail the next few parts, but they may or may not be as long as this one. But will hopefully improve with time.

The characters differ from their show counterparts as any good fic does, as I feel the changes help fit the world I'm trying to build. As such, imagine the characters how you wish, but in time they might differ with minor appearances as I write. (Also trying to draw something up for this on the side, again, libido lacking most days.)

Please note that I'm at College nowadays and usually lose my writing mojo frequently, so updates might be few and slow.

Thank you again for taking the time to even read this far! (if you have ;p)