A.N. /Rant Starting/ I know that this may seem a bit OC (Out of Character) for Beka, but honestly, she's had a way different life in this fanfiction than in the real book, so her personality is different. Also, in the books, Beka seemed pretty stiff and formal with her book at times. She didn't put down her thoughts much, so I want to change that. Before anyone tries to defend Tamora Pierce's writing skills, there is no reason to. I am not saying is a bad writer, far from it. It's just that, she admitted herself, she prefers the third person. When you prefer something, it usually means that you are really good at it, and she is! said herself " I've written short stories in the first person, but you have so much more control writing in the third person. The third person, you know what everybody's thinking. The first person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before."The book, Terrier by Tamora Pierce, therefore, might've been hard for her. Although I definitely can't do better, I want to give a shot to make this more the way I perceive first person books should be like, so Beka's character may seem a lot more different in this fanfiction than in the books, but I really am just trying to delve deeper and think about how I think she would react to certain things. If you don't like that, it's your opinion, and you can stop reading this. My formatting will also be slightly different. /Rant Over/ Anyway, for those of you that stayed, please review/ favorite/ follow! I want to thank anyone who did that, so thank you! This was quite the A.N, but I hope that this will clear things up for you all if you get confused about Beka's personality in this chapter. Anyway, enjoy the chapter!

Beka Cooper

Rusher of Kayfer's Court

Tuesday, April 7, 246

I woke up nice and early today. Luckily, no pigeon, or cat woke me up this time. However, my mind was very distracted from last night. What did Pounce mean by 'Please save them, and don't let your bitterness cloud your mind,' ? What bitterness was he talking about, and who was I supposed to save? Since Pounce was strangely absent for my early morning, which bothered and worried me, I couldn't ask him what he meant. Also, lately, he hasn't been around me much; for most of last night, he wasn't there, and now he wasn't here in the morning. However, I shook my troubling thoughts out of my head and continued my morning routine.

Once I was all ready for the day, I sat down on my bed, thinking. I should visit Will, Nilo, Lorine, an- no, maybe I should just visit Will, Nilo, and Lorine. I started pacing then as thoughts rushed through my head. Maybe I should just visit Will and Nilo. Perhaps I could simply visit Nilo, or maybe I could leave a note there. No, I was being a coward. I'll just go and meet Will, Nilo, Lorine, an- and that one horse I really liked! Not being able to summon up the courage to just plan to go and meet them, I threw myself on my bed and groaned. Whoever I was meeting or not meeting, I need to go there sometime, I decided. Next Sunday seems like a good time to meet my siblings.

With that all settled, I set my mind onto the Shadow Snake issue, and I started casually throwing knives at my usual target. What should I do next? I had no leads, so I had to start from scratch. I needed to find the similarities between each situation in which a child was kidnapped from the Shadow Snake. Maybe I could use a map. I also needed to talk to some more people and investigate more about the Shadow Snake. What about Rosto and Aniki? a voice asked. I looked around the room frantically, startled, but then I saw that it was just Pounce, so I relaxed before I thought about what he said.

"What do you mean, what about Rosto and Aniki?" I asked, confused. Pounce gave me an exasperated sigh.

Must I explain everything? It is pretty obvious from their actions that they want to help you with this case, so are you going to let them help you and include them in your grand plans? I was about to ask him how he knew that, but I held my tongue. He would probably say something about being a supernatural being or something like he usually does.

"I don't know, Pounce. I mean what if they betray me or something?"

Pounce said sternly, You know yourself that they will be loyal to you, so stop making these excuses and get over your trust issues!

I glared at him, "I do not have trust issues."

Oh sure, you totally do not have trust issues. That's why when Katie simply offered to help you carry things to your lodgings last Thursday, you rejected her like she offered to punch you and ran away from her so quickly that she was spinning, Pounce deadpanned.

I grunted, thoroughly annoyed and not sure of what to say. Triumphant, Pounce smugly smiled at me and jumped off my bed to go and clean himself by my window. As if that was a signal of some sorts, Kora and Ersken suddenly burst in. Barely glancing at them, I smelled the air and asked, "Where's the food?"

Ersken chuckled whereas Kora gave me a pretend upset look and said, "That's the first thing you ask me? 'Where is the food?', no hello or how do you do?"

"Yes, that's the first thing that I asked you. I am hungry. Now, where is it?" I asked bluntly. This time, Kora looked seriously annoyed, whereas Ersken just laughed at the expression on Kora's face.

Ersken explained to Kora, "When Beka gets hungry, she is very rude and blunt. When you meet her, she seems shy, but her true colors are revealed at these types of moments."

Kora still seemed a bit aggravated, but she nodded and told me, "Aniki has the food. I saw Rosto getting some food as well." I nodded, satisfied, and then, I turned to my window to open it for the pigeons. What Ersken said was only partly true, because yes, I was being very rude and blunt, and I hadn't eaten dinner last night, but mostly, I was being like that due to the fact that I was getting comfortable with Kora. I was actually comfortable with Rosto, Kora, and Aniki! I cringed at that thought; I wasn't supposed to get friendly with them! I was just supposed to get Rosto on the throne, not get attached to him or his friends! See, you do trust them; now ask them to help you! Pounce meowed from my bed. I glared at him and replied, Later. He narrowed his eyes at me, probably not believing me, which is wise of him because I had no plans of ever asking them to help me, and he strolled over to Kora, who lavished him with soothing strokes.

Shaking my head in annoyance at his actions, I muttered, "Sarden cat." Deciding to put my mind to more useful things than cursing Pounce, I opened the window, and I grabbed a loaf of dry bread from my desk. I sat back down with Kora and Ersken, planning to ask Kora when exactly Aniki was going to come, when Aniki burst in through the door. I was about to comment on her lack of manners before the smell of pastries hit my nose.

"You are my favorite," I proclaimed, snatching the pastries from her hands and sitting back down. Aniki looked lost for a moment at my quick actions.

Then, she grinned and said, "Why, thank you. Although I would like it if I was your favorite without needing to get you food."

Meanwhile, the tables were turned for Kora and Ersken because Kora was laughing, but Erksen looked offended. Ersken dramatically placed his hand on his heart and said with a wounded look on his face, "Beka, I've been there for years. I've gotten you food tons of times but Aniki just brought you food today, and now you say that she's your favorite! All that food...did that mean nothing to you?"

I looked at Ersken, exasperated from his foolish behavior. "Did you get me food today?"

"No, bu-"

"Aniki got me food today."

"I know, but I've g-"

"Therefore, Aniki is my favorite."

"How could yo-"

"It's very simple Ersken; Aniki got food today, so she's my favorite."

"I've g-given y-you food before and yet," Ersken trailed off, completely confused. Kora comforted him and hugged him as he sat there, glims (A.N. In case y'all forgot, glims means eyes in Tortall language/slang) wide. I tried to compose myself to stop me from laughing at him. I heard a chuckle from behind me, and I saw Aniki laughing at Ersken. Giving up, I gave into laughter. Kora was the only one of us who didn't laugh at him, but she still had a small smirk on her life. Our laughter eventually ended, and I went back near the window, where a few pigeons had appeared. They were Slapper and a few other new ones. Ersken, Aniki, and Kora started talking about some sort of gossip. I focused on the pigeons, and I gently broke my bread into small pieces before tossing it at them. It was strange to have three new pigeons in one day which made me uneasy. Suddenly, I remembered the pigeon from last night and quickly examined them to discover that the pigeon from last night was not here.

I was going to name the new pigeons, but I stopped short as the pink one started talking. More accurately, the spirit in the pink pigeon started speaking.

"Sarden fellows killed me! I accepted all their requirements, even the secrecy one, and they killed me! Agreeing to the secrecy requirement was a wee bit foolish of me, but there are only a few jobs 'round here these days, and I and my wife needed the money. Now, I'm dead. What will happen to my poor wife?" The ghost rambled, going from angry to sad. I was listening intently. What's this about a secret job? The secrecy part got me suspicious. What were the people who were getting hired doing? Were they doing something illegal, and why would they kill this man? It seemed like he didn't compromise their secrecy until, well death, so why? The death part also got me worried. How long had this been going on? How many had died due to my ignorance? The ghost was right about there being few jobs, so it was likely that if all those who were hired to do this job were killed, as I suspected, folks would definitely go for this job despite its demands. How many more people would die? Not many people, including Dogs, would make a big deal out of it even if they did notice the disappearances because this was the place in Corus that had the most criminal activity, so it was quite normal for people to just disappear.

I was going to listen to the pink pigeon more, but it flew off. I cursed softly, expecting for the rest of the pigeons to follow the pink pigeon, but they didn't. The new blue pigeon did leave, but there was no spirit on him, so it was fine. The brown one and Slapper stayed. Slapper was being his usual self, slapping me occasionally with his wings, but luckily, today, he seemed to be actually eating the food instead of trying to slap me with his wings. Curious about the brown pigeon, who I had not come up with a name for, I tried to listen to its spirit. "I want to go back! Where are you, Mama? I don't want to be alone! I'm scared; please come, Mama, I promise I won't wander again! I'll stay right beside you on Mutt Piddle Lane! Please! Help me!" The brown pigeon's spirit wailed. I froze at its cries. Mutt Piddle Lane was where I lived with my mother, my siblings, and Pounce before everything went wrong. Bad memories started to cloud up my mind. I tried to get them out of my head, but I couldn't. I thought I was stronger than this; apparently, I wasn't, judging by how easily the guilt corrupted my mind. All I could hear were the screams of terror from the past, and all I could see was my old home and m-

"BEKA, BEKA, COME ON PLEASE TALK!" a voice shouted, shaking me back and forth. My mind cleared, and I saw black eyes staring at me intensely.

I lied, "I'm fine. Why are y'all freaking out?" Rosto took his hands off my shoulders, and he restlessly ran his fingers through his white, blonde hair, his dark eyes panicked.

Kora answered me, "Beka, you weren't responding to any of us when we tried to talk to you. Rosto had walked in then, and he was annoyed that you seemed to be ignoring him, but he got worried after a while of you not responding to anything. When you came back to us, it was two minutes after we had called your name the first time. What is wrong?" Even the usually calm, friendly Kora looked slightly perturbed, and although she tried to disguise it, it was quite evident from looking at her face.

Oh no, I wasn't going to be able to get out of this easily. Not sure what to do, I turned to examine at everyone else.

Luckily, Phelan and Verene still weren't here. However, Ersken and Aniki were present to see what had happened as well, which wasn't good at all. Ersken was terrified for me. Aniki looked quite calm and at ease, but I could see signs of worry in the way she looked at me. I decided that Ersken was going to be the hardest to come up with a satisfying, convincing lie to. I was always calm and controlled in front of him for our entire friendship. Never had he seen this part of me. This was the first time a pigeon or anyone for that matter mentioned Mutt Piddle Lane in front of me while I was near Ersken or anyone I personally know besides Pounce. I quickly glanced to where Pounce was sitting when I last saw him, but he wasn't there. A meow interrupted my search for him, and I glanced down to see that he was in my lap.

What was wrong with me! I was never this unobservant. How could I not notice a cat in my lap? What else could I not notice in more dangerous places? Pounce even gazed at me in a different way, a troubled way. Beka, stay calm. Was that another flashback? Pounce asked me. I nodded, unable and not wanting to speak. This was the longest one so far. Beka, your flashbacks have been getting longer every time. I know that you don't want to ask for help, but this was two minutes long. In a battle, two seconds can mean the difference between life and death. You can guess what can happen in two minutes. What if this happens while you're fighting? What if someone learns about it and purposely triggers it? Beka, you have to tell someone else; maybe telling someone besides me about it will help.

I chewed on my lip nervously before agreeing and nodding. Pounce then gestured with his head to Kora and the rest of them, who were still waiting for an answer. I spoke out loud, "Later."

Kora looked at me in disbelief. "What do you mean 'later', you couldn't move or respond for five minutes! You better tell us right now, or I swear on the Great Mother God-"

"Don't swear on the Great Mother Goddess for small matters like this." I interrupted, stalling.

"Beka," Aniki said, "What happened? Don't make me force it out of you."

Finally coming up with a good excuse, I explained, "When I use my Gift, I can occasionally space out like that. Ersken has just never seen me go that far." Ersken visibly relaxed, his head hanging down in relief. For Aniki, Rosto, and Kora, they looked more worried.

"The Gift?' Rosto asked.

Realizing the flaw in my lie, I cursed under my breath. I hadn't told them about my magic, and I hadn't planned to! I explained reluctantly "Spirits of the dead who have business in the living world go into pigeons. With my Gift, I can hear them, and I sometimes react like that." Needless to say, Aniki, Rosto, and Kora were stunned. Glad that I had settled out that, I changed the conversation, "So Rosto, did you bring me food?"

Baffled by the abrupt change in conversation, he asked, confusion on his face, "What?"

Ersken picked up on where I was heading with it and explained about what had happened earlier, which led to laughter and arguments. I started to stare out the window because the pigeons had left. There was no need to worry about Rosto, Aniki, Kora, and Ersken getting suspicious now due to the fact that I knew that the Gift could have different effects on different people, so they wouldn't be able to prove me wrong, but I got worried as I felt someone's piercing gaze on me. Casually, I turned around. Black eyes met my ice blue eyes. He looked away and examined me very carefully before meeting my eyes again. His eyes seemed to say something that got me nervous again. Then, he laughed, startling me. He joined Aniki, Ersken, and Kora in their talk. As I watched them, it almost seemed like he had never shared that intense moment with me, but I knew that we did. Last Tuesday, I could honestly say that I had never met anyone who was that good at acting. Then again, a lot of things have changed since last Tuesday.

Writ in the evening

Continuation of the events of Tuesday, April 7, 246

Breakfast had continued as usual after that moment. I tried to participate in the conversation, but I was plagued by the thoughts of the spirits of the pigeons. Later on in breakfast, I realized something. The Shadow Snake had hit in Mutt Piddle Lane; who had it taken? What if it kidnaps another person there? I was still in contact with a few of them, and I knew each of them personally. That was both good and bad because I could get some information from them about the last kidnapping, past kidnappings, and any other kidnappings possibly taking place now, but I genuinely cared for a few of the kids living on Mutt Piddle Lane. The very idea of one of those innocent beings getting kidnapped and killed made me shiver.

Before my brain started coming up with the worst scenarios, I stood up, knowing I'd need to take action. By then, only Rosto and Kora were there. Ersken had left to visit his mother, and Aniki wanted to practice something. She hadn't been very specific. Phelan and Verene hadn't come today, so I reminded myself to check on them, although, I was quite confident that they were fine. I looked at Rosto and Kora, who were looking up at me, startled by my sudden movement.

"I…..need to go somewhere. Once you leave, please close my door behind you," I said, walking towards the door. Rosto stood up and with lightning speed, grabbing my hand, pulling me away from the door.

"Where are you going to exactly, love?" He asked, lifting one of his eyebrows. I glared at him. I could tell from the suspicion on his face that Rosto assumed that I was doing something that had to do with the Shadow Snake. He was right, but I didn't want to let him know, so I stubbornly lied

"I am going to buy some food."

Kora spoke up with an innocent expression on her face, that may or may not have been fake, "Well then, why don't we go with ye?"

I groaned as Rosto smirked. I sighed and glanced at Pounce who had somethin' that looked like a smirk on his face. "Fine, fine. Ye all can come with me. I am going for information for the Shadow Snake."

Celebrating his small victory, Rosto gave a small cheer, letting go of my arm. I ignored him and turned to Kora as she said, "Oh, that's what you're doing. Okay, we are coming with you."

"Of course," I muttered, a scowl on my face. I knew there would be no point to try to stop them from going with me once I told them what I was doing; that's part of the reason why I had lied to them. Sighing, I forced my scowl into a smile for Kora and said, "Come on." Not giving Rosto a second look because I didn't want to look at the triumphant expression on his face any longer, I continued to walk out of the room. Due to the fact that we had finished our meal and cleaned up a while ago, Rosto and Kora had no hesitation in their step as they followed me. I moved at a brisk pace out of the lodgings. Once I was outside, I didn't slow down for Rosto and Kora, instead, I moved faster. If they wanted to go with me so badly, they had to keep up with me. I slipped through the crowd towards the area near my old home. Once I arrived, I stopped. Rosto and Kora had managed to keep up with me and were now looking at our surroundings curiously.

"Beka, you're here! It's been so long since you came last. It was so boring here with just Mom and me," a voice squealed from behind me. Grinning, I spun around and picked up the little girl, spinning her around in my arms. I gently put her down, ready to chide her about disrespecting her mother when I heard a cough. I widened my eyes in surprise; I had completely forgotten about Rosto and Aniki. Gently, I turned her towards Rosto and Aniki's direction.

I introduced the girl to Rosto and Aniki. "Rosto and Aniki, this is Luana." I added, noticing Luana's slightly confused look, "Luana, the boy is Rosto, and the girl is Aniki." She smiled happily, nodding.

"Hello! Are you two friends of Beka?" Luana asked curiously.

Rosto replied, "Yes."

I looked at Rosto in surprise. I had only known Kora and Rosto for a very short amount of time, and it usually took me at least a year to consider someone an acquaintance, much less a friend! Rosto gave me a challenging look as if to ask if I considered them as friends. I looked at them for a while before smiling. Rosto looked a bit startled as if he was expecting me to object. To be perfectly honest, I was expecting myself to object, but I didn't. I don't know why or how, but Rosto, Kora, and Aniki had gotten very close to me, close enough that I now thought of them as friends. On one hand, it freaked me out that I had let people get so close to me in such a short time. On the other hand, I was glad to have more friends than just the few I have, and I was happy that I had befriended more people with the same 'job' as mine. Deciding to think about that later, I snapped back into the present.

While I was thinking, everything had remained quiet, which I was happy about. I didn't like missing parts of people's conversation. Luana suddenly started talking in a blur of words that I- and judging by the looks on their faces, Rosto and Kora- didn't understand. "Slow down Luana."

Luana looked at me, annoyed at the chiding tone that had seeped into my voice before talking again. "As I was saying, I am so excited! Beka usually doesn't bring people here, and I was starting to wonder if she was secretly a recluse! I mean seriously; she needs more friends. Darn, I was going to say something else, but because Beka interrupted me, " Luana said in frustration, glaring at me, "I can't remember. Oh well."

Kora smiled at Luana and said, "Well, Rosto and I can say one thing for sure: we aren't leaving Beka anytime soon." I was startled by her statement, but I didn't say anything. Everyone leaves me at some point.

Luana smiled. "That's good."

"Luana, where are the rest of the kids?" I asked, noticing how the street looked a little more empty than usual.

Luana suddenly looked a little sad and said, "Kalila, Alazne, and Irene are in one of their meetings they didn't let me join. Laberiz, Trigan, and Atrivel are grumpy about not being invited to their meeting, so they ran off to who knows where. I was left alone."

"Well, you've got me now," I said gently, not worrying much about the other children; they were quite responsible.

Luana cheered up and said, "Yes, I do."

Remembering why I was here, I asked, "Luana, where is your mother?"

"Oh, she is at our home. Come on!" Luana exclaimed enthusiastically, running towards her house. I gestured towards Luana's house, looking at Rosto and Aniki before jogging to catch up to Luana.

Luana skipped happily up to the doorway whilst I sat there, waiting. She swung the door open, her angelic, happy voice bouncing off the walls of the house, "Mommy, someone is here to talk to you!"

"I'm coming ye little piece of mischief!" a voice replied slightly wearily. A woman appeared into my line of vision. It was Luana's mother. Luana was practically a copy of her mum with the same bright blue eyes and soft brown eyes. They both were quite petite for their age and shared the same eye shape, along with the same slender long nose. Luana's hair, however, was curly, so Hoffa, Luana's mom, credited Luana's father for that. Unlike other children around here, Luana was created out of love between Hoffa and her husband. Yes, they were married, but then Luana's father died from some sickness. Hoffa stayed strong after his death, and she treated Luana well. Hoffa is only three or four years older than me, but at times, she acted like she was much younger than me; I am glad that her perkiness hasn't washed away with all the responsibilities that were thrust upon her.

"Oh, hello Beka! What are ye doing here?" Hoffa asked, slightly flustered, probably from one of her chores. I stepped into the house, looking around the 'living room' cautiously.

I replied, "To talk." I quickly glanced at Luana before looking back at Hoffa. Hoffa nodded in understanding.

"Luana dear," Hoffa suggested, "why don't ye move along here now."

Luana huffed and said, glaring at Hoffa, "Mommy, I don't have anything to do, and I am bored. I want to play with Beka!"

"We-" Hoffa started.

"Hold on, we will play with you, Luana," a voice said from behind me. I spun around to see that Kora had talked. I groaned as I realized that they had once again caught me by surprise. I was really not used to having other people around me, more used to being solo. However, now I was glad that they were here. They could distract Luana, so I could talk to Hoffa. Rosto soon caught my attention by coughing loudly. I glanced at him, wondering what he wanted. He was leaning against the doorway, looking at me intently with a look in his eyes that told me he wanted to know what Hoffa said. I sighed, giving up, and nodded. He smiled in triumph while I huffed in annoyance. I was being forced to tell Rosto, Aniki, and Kora way more information than I preferred. Ersken and my other friends had never been able to force me to say anything. I definitely wasn't used to this feeling of defeat in a battle of words. Although I had never been good with words as a child due to how shy I was, my trait of being shy had faded as I had to get myself out of bad situations with my words, and my skills with words had improved dramatically.

"Who are ye two?" Hoffa said, her warm voice turning cold, discretely reaching for a knife.

I was about to explain when Luana said, "Those are Beka's friends, Mommy!"

Hoffa froze. "B-beka" she stuttered out, "made new friends that she brought here." I saw her baffled expression and groaned as it soon became happy. She opened her mouth and shrieked.

"YES! YOU HAVE FINALLY BECOME SOCIAL BEKA! WE NEED A CELEBRATION! COME ON LUANA, WHO SHOULD WE INVITE. MAYBE L-"

I cut her off and said, "Hoffa be quiet. If you kept on yelling like that the neighbors would think that I am killin' ye or somethin'!" Kora looked amused, and Rosto was holding back snickers. Luana was pretty calm about her mother's outburst.

Hoffa gave me a disbelieving look before muttering, "It's not like they'll do anything about it." I sighed, knowing it was true. It wasn't like anyone had done anything in my neighborhood when they heard M- no, it's time to focus. Get back on task, Beka, I scolded myself before returning back to present time.

"Yes Hoffa these are my…...friends," I said, hesitating before the words 'friends'. It was weird to call anyone a 'friend' out loud, to be honest, it had been a long time since I had uttered that word. Hoffa squealed in excitement, probably thrilled about me having new friends, and she said, "Well, if y'all are Beka's friends, then I trust you. Go along Luana." Luana smiled and ran over to Rosto and Kora. The sides of my mouth curved up to see how easily Luana was accepting Rosto and Kora.

I looked at Rosto and Kora, judging them. Although they were my friends, Luana is very dear to both me and Hoffa. Finally, I said, "If Luana gets hurt, you two are going to be the lucky ones to have me use my pardon on your deaths. Understand?" Kora nodded, gulping slightly whereas Rosto smirked. I raised an eyebrow at him, disturbed by his nonchalance.

"Don't worry, love, Luana will be safe with us," Rosto replied.

"She better be, and don't call me love!"

"Sure…..love."

"Don't call me that!"

"Don't call you what?"

"Don't call me love."

"Okay, sure, love."

"I told you not to call me tha- oh forget it. Just go along and leave Hoffa and me to discuss certain matters." I grumbled, thoroughly frustrated with Rosto.

"Okay, we're going, love," Rosto said, grinning at me, trying to get under my skin. He certainly was doing a great job at doing that. Kora was smirking now, trying to control her laughter. I muttered a non-coherent sound and turned back to Hoffa, who was also smiling.

"Bye Beka!" Luana yelled, the only one oblivious to what was going on.

I disguised my disgruntled state and smiled widely at Luana, shouting back, "Bye!" Rosto seemed like he was about to shout something to me, but Kora stopped him, dragging him away. I always liked that girl. As Rosto, Kora, and Luana walked away, I looked back at Hoffa. She was smiling.

"So, what's between ye and tha' Rosto fellow?" Hoffa asked mischievously.

Interpreting the look in her eyes, I shook my head. "No, no Hoffa, I am not involved with Rosto like that." Hoffa simply smiled and whispered something that I couldn't hear before looking back at me.

Hoffa said in a louder voice, "Well then, if you didn't come here to have me evaluate Rosto and let me give you relationship advice, why did you come?" She raised one of her eyebrows, giving me a suspicious look. I sighed, and then I looked straight into her cheerful eyes that would soon be drenched in grief.

"I need information on the Shadow Snake, and I need to know why you haven't told me about it."

-A.N. READ THIS PLEASE; IT IS VERY IMPORTANT! Alright, so I was going to temporarily discontinue this fanfiction, but I have been getting messages telling me that people have favorited and followed me and my fanfiction, so I am not going to do that anymore. However, please be patient with me. I am going to try to update more often, but I am not promising anything. Also, I am planning on starting a new story on WattPad, just telling you all! Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter!