**author's note**

I regret to say that I have decided to stop writing "Harry Potter and the Next Thirteen Years." I did not come to this conclusion lightly. The past few months have been spent attempting to think of any more good plot points for the story. I was unable to think of any and forcing an ending to this story would get very redundant before its conclusion. To those who have read this story from the beginning you have my thanks and gratitude. I only hope that the person who decides to take this story will give it a fitting conclusion. Whoever decides to adopt this story, know this...I am giving you all rights to this story, the chapters to come and those already written. Take it and make it completely your own, make it better. It pains me to see this story leave, but I know someone out there will take it and make it truly great, something that I have come to the realization that I could not do.