Welcome to the epilogue of Pengotter Pregnancy. I really hope you enjoyed this story. It was really fun to write, no matter whose perspective it was in. Let's go over some plot points before I tell you other stuff.
This story was really fun to write. Almost all of it I actually planned out in an outline, for the first time in awhile. The story has fewer chapters than I thought it was going to be, but I think that helped the story. Instead of 13 chapters, it was 9. They were longer a result, which I feel is better. They weren't too long, which was also good.
Obviously, I spent way more time in Marlene's perspective than anyone else's. It was fun to write how she thought about her current situation. After all, she was the one pregnant with Annabelle and Samuel. I really hope this story accomplished a lot of Skilene, which is now even stronger, thanks to them now having kids.
But, please, once again, don't be angry with me that I made Marlene go feral. Some pregnant women have mood swings. Marlene's just have the "potential" to go too far. Heck, her going feral at all is a mood swing in itself (sort of). But since the kids were born outside the zoo, they can't go feral. So Marlene's still the only one that can do that. And since she's no longer pregnant, she can once again suppress it completely unless she needs to use it.
Obviously, I left out the part where the couple actually mated. I know that turns a lot of people off, so that's why I left it out. But I hope if you actually wanted to read that, stories from other writers filled the gap, with some alterations in order to be in my timeline.
So, obviously, this is how Annabelle and Samuel came to exist. The two of them (as I've said before), change the nature of Skilene itself. Instead of revolving around the couple, it's now about the whole family. But as I've said before, it did take me awhile to look for good names for the kids. I think I accomplished that well. If you've got anymore plot questions, feel free to PM me and I'll add them here (with your permission) so everyone can find out more about the plot.
So time for the big news. Obviously there's now a 9-month gap between this story and Book 3. That means there's more to explore in the meantime. So there's a sequel to this! It's called Pengotters: The Early Months. So you'll get to see many of the adventures I also had hinted at in Book 3. I hope you'll enjoy that story as well. Since it was originally just going to be new chapters in this story, it'll be published this Wednesday instead of the usual week-long gap.
Finally, oh wow, there were so many awesome reviews! I haven't seen this many in forever! It's your feedback that inspires me to keep going. I thank anyone who also read this story as well. It's nice to see that these stories aren't just going out into the void that is the Internet. So in conclusion, thank you, and look for Pengotters: The Early Months later this week!
Day Planning Began: September 30th, 2013
Finish Date: October 16th, 2013 (Minor improvements happened as this was closer to being released, though).