Hey everybody!

THIS IS AN AUTHOR'S NOTE THINGY. DON'T GET TOO EXCITED. BUT IT WILL CONTAIN INFO ON WHEN UPDATES WILL BE COMING.

First of all, I would like to thank all of your for taking the time to read/review. I've been getting lots of feedback, which is AMAZING. So thanks, I really appreciate it!

I'd like to apologize for taking so long to update. I'm in grade twelve and this last month of school has been kicking my ass. Right now I have exams, so it will be about one more week before a proper story update. Once again, I'm really sorry, just been SUPER CRAZY busy with school.

Thank you again for all your support!

-Cat

P.S. Oh! Random extra... a while ago I entered a character for kingdomhearts91's Divergent SYOC fanfic "Only I Will Remain" and he got chosen. He came to life in my head and since I'm working on Real Fear I knew I wouldn't have time to write about him, so I gave him to kingdomheart91. Though I haven't been keeping up with "Only I Will Remain" so I don't know how good it is... Anyway, just thought I'd share my character sketch!

NAME: Fletcher Galloway

NEW NAME: Fox (an Amity transfer on the train (when they have to jump on for the first time he helps her in) to the Dauntless compound comments that his hair is the same colour as the fur of a fox she saw in one of the fields when she was planting; healthy animals like that are rare nowadays)

AGE: 16 (initiate)

TRANSFER REASON: He didn't feel like he really belonged in Erudite. He could imagine the rest of his life as an Erudite and there was something about it that didn't satisfy him (maybe it was the fact that he could imagine his life as an Erudite so easily – there was no mystery, no excitement). He read the Dauntless manifesto and became obsessed, studying it incessantly until he had it memorized; he feels very strongly about the lines about taking action and not standing idly by.

PERSONALITY: Generally a quiet guy. Extremely intelligent, the sort of mindset of an engineer (curious about how things work, how they are built, how to build them better, all with extensive background knowledge of physics and chemistry). Secretly has a very short temper; he forces himself to control it because Erudite look down on wild displays of emotion (you can tell he's trying not to get angry when he clenches his teeth (jaw gets tight), his expression becomes stony, and he stands very still).

APPEARANCE: Reddish-brown hair, blue-grey eyes, smallish nose, strong jawline, just a few freckles, pale skin from spending so much time indoors studying. Tall (6 feet 2 inches) and lanky (got hit by puberty and shot up while his voice fell down). Doesn't really know what to do with all the height yet (feels a little out of sorts with his body as it changes). Wears glasses (though is not blind by any means) but gets contacts when they are broken. Eventually he gets some tattoos: the Erudite symbol on one arm and the Dauntless symbol on the other; a running fox on the left side of his lower back; his brother's name on the inside of his wrist in block letters. Maybe he pierces the cartilage of his left ear.

FAMILY: His mother's name is Joy (Amity transfer to Erudite) and his father's name is Michael (original Erudite). He had an older brother named Jonathan who died when their house burned down.

HISTORY: Fox was ten years old when the fire happened; Jonathan was sixteen, about to become an initiate. Jonathan was Fox's hero; he'd looked up to his big brother since his birth. Jonathan was intelligent but was made for Dauntless – he was daring; a risk-taker. It was him who started the fire, playing with candles. Only Fox knows that; he found the candles later and hid the evidence. But it was also Jonathan who saved Fox from being burned alive.

LIKES: Loves the feeling of wind against his face, the rush of adrenaline, through his whole body, but that doesn't happen often as an Erudite. Also likes reading.

DISLIKES: Arrogance, bullying, inaction.

STRENGTHS: Besides being incredibly smart, Fox is also unbelievably fast (like the speed of his brain and body match). Good decision-making/problem-solving skills (which comes from his intelligence and analytical mind).

WEAKNESSES: He is absolutely terrified of fire. Like, paralyzing, phobia type of fear (in the simulation/fear landscape he is tied down to a bed that is then lit on fire… or something like that. He never overcomes this fear). He has a hard time controlling his temper. He also has a hard time expressing his feelings sometimes because he thinks of everything so scientifically (he knows what love and attraction are in terms of the chemical reactions in the body but is out of his element when experiencing them). Also scared of being operated on while awake, death by hanging, failure, losing his freedom, deadly diseases, his family dying, etc.

ROMANCE: Yes! One of the Amity girls… the one he meets on the train…

ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAPPEN TO YOUR CHARACTER: There are a couple of things I would love to see happen to Fox:

Character Development: Grows into himself – gets comfortable with being so tall, develops muscles (broader shoulders, stronger core, stronger legs, etc.) Learns to use his temper to his advantage.Actual Events: Gets into a fight with one of the Dauntless-born. Before they didn't really notice him, but one of the Dauntless-born initiates decides to pick on him one day for his silence and for the fact that he still wears his glasses. He holds it together through the Dauntless-born trashing the Erudite faction and taking and breaking his glasses, but loses it when the Dauntless-born makes fun of his friend (Fox befriends the Amity girl who comments on his hair on the train the first time). He basically beats the shit out of the Dauntless-born and puts him in the medical wing for a few days. Everyone gains a new kind of respect for him, one that Fox doesn't entirely like, especially because it becomes a conflict between him and the Amity girl, who has a hard time with violence, even though he was standing up for her (can connect this to Dauntless manifesto). He doesn't really get in trouble for the fight because the Dauntless faction is corrupt in the way that they encourage viciousness since that new leaders changed the training methods.