I don't know whether or not this is against the rules, but since Dragon Pitch ended up being a bit more popular than I expected, I figured that if things got slow I'd do bonus chapters. These will be anything from me talking about the development of the story and older ideas to random side stories like the ones you'd find at the end of some mangas. Hopefully these will help give me ideas if I ever get... when I get stuck again. (I may also use these to put out suggestions for feedback. That's not a bad thing to do, is it?)

So, for this first one I guess I'll start with some back story to the series. I started this WAAAAY back in the seventh or eighth grade. At the start, it wasn't so much a story as random daydreaming during class. Before Flare became a major character, I used myself, because I'm usually not that good at coming up with names. At first, I had a technologically advanced watch that would allow me to shape shift, and I used that to become a stage that would enhance the girls' power. It was maybe a moth after that I came up with the idea of instruments, and my watch became a synthesizer-styled guitar.

The Time Dragon was always there, but as you may have gathered from the almost-half-year gap in the story, I hit walls harder and faster than a big rig with no breaks. So the initial story sent the girls back in time, taking place alongside the events of the original series, but now in America. It was a while before I came up with a name for Flare, but she was always a key element. Initially my girlfriend before the start of the series, she dies at the beginning of the first episode, leaving me her pearl, and with it, her draconic abilities. Later, I started planning a back story for her, detailing our relationship and daily complications that, looking back on them now, were simply ludicrous.

Oh, right. Also, the Dragon Pearl Inn had two different original versions (one for an anime and one for a manga); the Eight Pearl Hotel and the Red Dragon Inn. Both were originally located on where my house stands, do to an "earthquake that destroyed most of the neighborhood and widened the Hudson River." The Red Dragon Inn was referenced in the alternate time line Kyohei showed Lucia, but going over the story I realized that I'd accidentally written it as Red Dragon Hotel. After A while, though, I kinda gave up on it. It didn't resurface until ninth or tenth grade year, when I got a new opening done, involving me meeting Hanon, Lucia and Rina while trudging up a hill to Saunders. Then it died again, until I came up with the story you guys are reading.

So... That's pretty much all the info I'm willing to divulge for now. But I also wanted to ask something; an idea came to me the other day that, since I want to throw in a bit of realism (the Mermaid Princesses aren't all going to converge on Yonkers), maybe the girls should have accents based on the location of their kingdom. This wouldn't affect the story, I just thought it'd be fun to mention. What I've got is this;

Lucia: Japanese, Russian, Canadian or Californian(?), or even Italian, based more on her name than her home.

Hanon: South American (maybe Brazilian?) or South African

Rina: Latina, African, British, Scottish or Irish

Noel: Russian or Canadian

Seira: Australian, Indonesian, Indian

Caren: Australian

Coco: Australian or South American

That's all for now.