To my loyal readers:
I hope you all haven't missed me too much. Being a high school senior, having a part time job that keeps me busy anywhere from 20 to 30 hours a week, and acting as a high-ranking member of my high school's JROTC program doesn't give me a lot of free time that I can use for things other than homework and what small social life I may or may not have.
I'm going to go ahead and tell you all this: I do intent to continue writing. I'm sure many of you are angry (or slightly disgruntled at the very least) that I have not updated many of my fanfictions in quite a while, but rest assured that nothing that is currently in progress on my profile is going to be deleted or discontinued. Everything will be finished eventually. With my last semester as a high school student finally begun, I've enjoyed the discovery that my schedule has cleared the air in front of me quite a bit. This means that I will be able to write more, and spend more time cooperating with my close friend Cdc100 on several ideas we've been working on for new stories. So right now I'm going to take this opportunity to tell you a bit about everything I'm working on and all my plans for the near future.
Prince's Return- For those who haven't read it, Prince's Return is the third story in a continuing series of Code Lyoko fanfictions, which started with my first fanfiction, Xana's Apprentice. I do plan on continuing this, but I'm having a MAJOR case of writer's block (like, a two-year-long case, if it wasn't obvious). Right now I'm going to stay with my original plans and keep this story on hiatus until I finish rewriting it's predecessors.
Virus Series Rewrites- Due to aging and changes in my writing style, I found the original versions of my first few stories to be a little haphazard in quality to say the least, so I decided to rewrite them. I may or may not keep the originals up, that's up to you guys. You can feel free to tell me what you think in reviews. I am still working on these. I'm mostly finished with Xana's Apprentice and parts of Xana's Revenge are also complete. However, I don't want to make the changes to the published chapters until I've finished both.
Cards of Lyoko- This story is actually mostly the work of Cdc100's expert hand, while I simply do the editing and posting. Due to the popping up of a few new ideas on my part, this is also possibly going to be rewritten. However, updates will not continue until Prince's Return is complete.
Memories of the Past- This story is a work I took up from an idea created by Fanfiction user NoWordsDiscribeMe. Many people have voiced their approval of what I've done so far in this story, and I'll let them know that I am still working on it from time to time. As my current work comes to an end this story will begin to see more and more updates.
Namine's Grace- This is the story that is currently taking up the majority of my writing time. It is also my favorite work so far, although that doesn't say much for its quality, as it is not something I began writing for myself, but for a friend who is very close to me and was, at the time, going through a rough patch after breaking up with her boyfriend of two years. I chose to finish this story first because, besides it being my favorite, it also makes my friend much happier. There is also the continued support of the few loyal readers who still follow me and voted for me to finish this first. This is my continued plan, and I have many ideas for where I could take the story from here.
That's all for my current stuff. Now I'll tell you all a bit about what I have planned for the future.
Number XV- A personal rewrite of Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days containing my Nobody OC, Xeno, who appears in Namine's Grace. This story will not follow the plot of the game to a tee, but it will contain most if not all of the game's major plot points, just with my added OC. I may or may not change the ending sequence of the game to fit my own personal belief of how Roxas and Xion's story with the Organization should have ended. Again, up to you guys.
Untitled Sequel to Prince's Return- I originally planned to finish off the Virus timeline at Prince's Return and move on to other things, but new ideas have started popping into my head about a possible sequel, so I decided to go through with it. This story will take place a few months after Prince's Return ends, as Dartz finally returns to school in France. My reason for continuing the series past its original intended end is that I'm just not happy with how it's planned to turn out being the final ending to the series, more for personal reasons than artistic reasons. I won't say any more here, for fear of spoilers and possible hate mail.
Lightning Strikes- Although through my rewrites I wrote the Xiaolin Showdown crossover out of the Virus series, Auron was the first OC I ever created, and I simply didn't want to let him go without at least giving him some screen time. So this will be a Xiaolin Showdown story centering around how the Dragons meet Auron and how they become a team.
Untitled Pokemon x Code Lyoko crossover- A work between Cdc100 and myself, which has been in the works for some time but has yet to come past its planning phase. Since August I've had two polls asking viewer opinions on certain points of planning in the story, and so far two votes have been cast for one, and only one for the other. This is partially my fault for not foreseeing the lack of activity on my profile and advertising the polls using Author notes in my stories. So here I'm going to do just that. For two weeks after this note is posted I will have a viewer opinion poll up on my profile. If you are interested in this story, please give us your opinions. As soon as the poll is closed I will announce the results in a profile update and the second poll will be posted. Once these two polls are finished, the results will be announced and we will begin working on the story itself.
Now that that's done, I would also like to take this opportunity to tell you a bit about what I do outside of writing fanfictions. As I've told you all before, I'm a high school senior. I have a girlfriend, who has been with me and somehow put up with every single thing I've done, good and bad (mostly the latter), for the past two years. I have a past as an avid gamer, but this has become more of a recreation for me over the past few years. My main hobby is the Army JROTC program at my high school, where I hold the Battalion Executive Officer position after three years in the program. My grades are decent, mostly A's and B's with the occasional C here and there. I plan to go to college, though where I will go I have not yet decided. My future plans are to commission in the Army as an officer in the Military Police Corps with a forensics background.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this update, and I hope everyone has had their questions answered. If anyone has a question to ask about something I've said here, or if you have advice or ideas, please feel free to ask it in a review or a PM.
Dartz the Fire Demon