Hello dear readers.

If you can't be bothered to read this whole note, I understand. It's quite long. Just read the bit in bold at the end :)

As I'm sure you are well aware, I have not updated this story in a long time, and I just wanted to apologise. I had my reasons, which I will explain to you, but first and foremost, an apology is in order. I'm really sorry for abandoning this story and not telling any of you. That's just poor form on my part.

Some good news though. The main reason I stopped writing was because I stopped loving Pirates of the Caribbean so much, and got into some new fandoms. However, I've recently fallen back in love with the series and our lovely Captain Jack, so hopefully that will give some fire back to this story. My second reason was that real life got in the way. I was completing my final year of high school and writing an original short story as a major work, and therefore this just wasn't a priority.

What I'm trying to tell you is this – I think I'm going to continue this story. I've developed a lot as a writer over this past year, and understand the importance of having a flawed character, so Lena will probably change a bit. I still need to start writing again, so please be patient. An update will be coming your way, hopefully soon.

Just a couple of other things, and these are the important ones. Firstly, I will be starting university in about a month, which will take up a lot of my time. Just be patient. I'll probably fall out of love with PotC again, and probably will take another long break. But I'm hoping to keep coming back.

Finally, while I had this story on hold, I received a few not-very-nice private messages from some readers who I will keep anonymous. Please don't do this. I understand as a writer I have some kind of responsibility to you, but it is also my choice whether I want to keep writing or not. If you can't put up with my writing habits or be patient with me while I try and smash writer's block, then please just unfollow/unfavourite this story. I won't mind. Thanks.

OKAY, TO END ON A GOOD NOTE THOUGH! I'm going to start writing today. Give me a couple of weeks. I'm not promising anything, but I will try. Thanks everyone, especially those who managed to read this all the way through haha.

Laters,

Beth x