WARNING: THIS CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR LODESTAR. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED.
A/N: Now that I've gotten that obviousness out of the way, I'm going to move on to more obviousness in the form of disclaimers before I get to the good stuff.
DISCLAIMERS—
1. I am not Shannon Messenger. I am not pretending to be Shannon Messenger. I recognize that KEEPER is Shannon's property; I am not trying to take credit for her work.
2. This fic is not an early release of Book #6. The real Book #6 isn't even finished yet. Nothing in this fic has been confirmed by Shannon to actually take place in Book #6. Any relationship of my OCs to any characters who will appear in Book #6, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
3. The ships presented in this book do not necessarily reflect my personal opinion on ships. They are not meant to 'knock down' anyone's ships—that's the canon's job.
4. Any reviews flaming me, the story, and/or other FanFiction users will be removed and the reviewer will be reported. There will be no warnings and no exceptions.
5. This fic is not in canon with my other KEEPER fic Swan Song. Swan Song had several small inaccuracies (such as Mai Song's name becoming Thanh) and these inaccuracies will not be carried over into this fic. It is 100% in canon with KEEPER.
6. If this fic or part of this fic is plagiarized by User 7527942 (currenly known as "Blowjob Babe"), I am not to be held responsible for any and all repercussions that may occur.
Those are my disclaimers. I apologize if this all seems obvious—I just wanted this all in writing so unreasonable reviewers don't have any right to be unreasonable.
Now, other announcements!
I haven't officially titled this fic—but I do have an unofficial title. Through a super scientific investigation which consisted of listing Shannon's made-up KEEPER words and choosing the coolest-sounding one, then realizing it sounded really lame and asking my friend Star for her opinion, I decided to call this fic Nightfall in my head. You're free to think of it as Nightfall as well, or whatever else you want. Call it Keefer of the Lost Silvenies for all I care. I will only respect you more for it.
Although this fic is most definitely not going to be as long as Book #6 is going to be, this is on track to be the longest and most demanding fic I've ever written. I always say "I'll update once every _ _ days" at the beginning of my fics and then I end up being waaaaaaaay wrong about my writing speed. So no promises this time, and all I'll say is that these chapters are going to be much shorter than my usual chapters, so I will probably update faster than with my previous fics.
Oh, and one more thing: I'm warning you that I'm kinda of the mindset "let's just kill them all bang bang bang". Anyone who's read A Frozen Flower or Swan Song will know what I'm talking about.
~Peril
PREFACE
Sophie tried to not look back.
Every step she took seemed like a crime. She was running toward freedom—but abandoning everything she had ever believed in.
She was abandoning her friends.
Coward, coward, coward, a voice inside her chanted. The tears began to pour harder.
It's all my fault.
Kenric, Mr. Forkle, and now this—how many more would die protecting her?
Another violent tremor shook the earth and Sophie tripped, falling flat on her stomach. She could see the cliff's edge in the distance. Just a few more yards and she could jump . . .
Coward, coward, coward.
It's all my fault.
Slowly, she stood up. She brushed the gravel off her leggings. She wiped the angry tears from her face.
She heard a scream and smelled singed flesh. Sophie thought her heart might rip right down the middle if she looked back.
So she kept running. Four yards to the cliff's edge—three—two—one—
Sophie jumped.
This wasn't a leap of faith anymore. And as she plummeted toward the ocean in a freefall, Sophie began to think that maybe she shouldn't teleport at all. Let gravity take her to the bottom.
After all, what was left for her?
The Neverseen had won.
A/N: That chapter looks . . . er . . . a lot shorter on FanFiction than on the Google Doc. I promise Chapter One will be longer, and I've actually written half of it already, so it's coming up soon!