As much as I feel like a hypocrite for putting this up (since I hate it when a fanfic is ended by a dreaded author's note), I regret to say that this story is discontinued. This is due to both lack of time and lack of motivation/ideas (actually more of the latter), so I'm really very sorry. I've gotten such wonderful feedback from people- it's truly amazing that readers would put so much time into a review. :D Thank you so much for staying with GRITS.

...Actually, I've always wanted to do this. Have you ever read fanfiction and thought about rewriting it (or ending it) based on your own preferences? I feel that way sometimes, though I'm usually too lazy to do so. So I'm curious- if anyone would like to try doing such a thing, I would be really interested in reading when I have time. So if you do, drop a link! Not that I'm expecting many people will, but it's a thought...

Again, I'm very sorry for this. And thanks!