I have an important announcement to make.

While most of you have probably already figured this out, I have decided to abandon this fanfic.

Recently, I had started working on a new chapter, when I remembered why I had stopped writing this fic in the first place. After that, all its other problems hit me as well. The spelling was poor and I never attempted to fix that. I did not fully know how to use this site's formatting tools. The chapter length was extremely uneven. Only half the chapters had proper titles. My OC was like a Villain Sue before I even introduced her (and I had no idea what a Mary Sue was at the time), and she seemed to overtake practically every chapter. Not even the title itself actually fitted the story! I just thought it sounded cool and it was not a "Harry Potter and [insert phrase here]" title.

And most importantly, I had no plot. Just some incomplete scenes in my head, and the Sorting Process in a half forgotten notebook, written so long ago that I forgot when I wrote it. I was running purely on rule of cool, and I have forgotten stuff that I've written. I lost interest.

I had attempted to write other AUs after that but the results were very much similar, albeit with much better formatting, grammar and pacing.

For a while, I quit writing multi chaptered stories and stuck to writing one-shots. I dabbled through many fandoms and read many fanfics in many different styles. Learned what quality looked like. Got better with my English. Later, I started writing a novelization to practice lengthy writing. I have not completely written it yet, but the improvement was enormous. Then, I started writing for the Infinity Loops project on another website.

All of those gave me the confidence and energy to revisit some of my old stories, and taught me to never set the bar too high.

And thus, I have decided that I will rewrite the story. Fix some of my errors at any rate. Correct spelling. Consistent characterization. More plausibility. Basic stuff.

I still have no plot to speak of, but perhaps with improved writing it will come to me. I am willing to listen to any advice or suggestions you may have, either through reviews or private messages.

I will not delete this fanfic. for nostalgia's sake. The new story will be under the title "The Royal Court (rewritten)" and will be posted separately. I hope I see you soon again, and thank you for your support all this time.

Signed, HelenTheMoon.