HOLD IT.
Now i have a feeling i know what your all thinking. Your thinking something along the lines of:
"Wait, you're taking a break? But you already take like a month to make each chapter already!"
"WHAT? Didn't you already take a break before?"
"A hiatus? You better not be too long about it!"
And of course:
"OMG YOUR LEAVING THIS STORY?! HOW DARE YOU! UNFOLLOWED! UNFAVOURATED! DISLIKED TO THE MAX!"
Of course if your actually thinking that last one, i would actually be scared and sorry for you.
Anyway, here's the delio with this announcement.
Yes, I'm taking a break from this story for a while. Back when i first started this story, i was turning out chapters like nobody's business, even though i was in high school, which WAS impressive, yes.
Here's the thing though. I can't do that anymore because to be honest, even though i have a rough idea of what the whole plotline for Scratch is going to be, i haven't given much thought to the actual DETAILS of the story, which is why it's taking so long to make chapters. And while basically copying the show but adding in a character helps the process, it still takes a lot of brain power to figure out what the show is going to do when it's NOT in the original script. Not to mention i have another character to write for, lots of details to add for those trying to follow along when they haven't watched the show yet, and bla bla bla BLA BLA!
The last time a took a 'break' like this, let's just say it wasn't intentional. It was me trying to get through a tough part of my life that i needed to concentrate on. This time, it's kind of the same deal, only time time i need to announce it. Why is this a tough part in my life? Let me explain.
Right now I'm in a new house with my family, I'm unemployed, my only money comes from disability funds, i have an online course to do each week, there's a practical portion of the online course coming up i need to prepare for and I'm a fat, lazy human being. So right now, my life priorities are stacking up against me, and all the stress is making it hard for me to think about writing. At the end of the announcement there will be a sneak preview of what I've written so far for the next chapter, but it's pretty damn short, and for that, I'm sorry.
Above all the life stuff I've listed already, I'm going through serious writers block. In previous writers block, I've managed to get through it and continue with the story, but this chapter is proving to be difficult. So if you've got any ideas for what i should write in it, let me know, and I'll credit you when i release the actual chapter.
What i REALLY want to do is to write fanfic for other stuff, because that'll give me a variety of stuff to do. You can see a list of what i plan to do on my profile.
So my plan for when this announcement is uploaded is to do lots of things, and that is to:
1. Get the rest of the house unpacked
2. Find a job
3. Use that job as a reference for the practical part of my online course
4. Go to the gym about twice a week
5. Get into a routine for life before i return to writing fanfic
and 6. Write a new fanfic story for a while (I'm thinking the octonauts story)
So for those of you who want me to write this story more often, sorry, but I'm not a robot stuck in another world with lots of free time to have fun like Scratch. I'm a human being stuck on Earth with lots of free time that i SHOULD be spending being more productive. And that's what i plan to be.
Until i see you next, thanks for reading the story thus far, and have a great rest of your day.
P.S. If you guys want me to post more updates on what i'm doing more often on here, or on my Twitter (RTNT911), let me know. Otherwise, be patient and support and read the other people on this site.
P.P.S Here's what i've written for the next chapter thus far:
Back On Earth...
Nighttime was upon the mall. And while all the other shops were closing down for the night, Madame's Paranormal and Mystical Treasure Trove remained open for anyone to wander in and take a look at the place. Some may say that that doesn't sound like a good idea, seeing how it could easily lead to a robbery of the shop, while others call it a convenience to have a shop open 24/7. Whatever the case, the shop remained open to the public.
In the backroom, Cristie and Drake watched the crystal ball. Inside it, their son talked to the other strange creatures and soon went to sleep. They couldn't actually hear what was going on in this... world that Josh was in, but seeing how he wasn't being eaten alive by these 'dinotrux' as the woman called it, they assumed he was OK.
They had been watching their son for days now, probably a week, and so far it had been an emotional roller-coaster, mostly with fear for his life. But everytime he looked like he was going to die, he thankfully didn't. It was almost boring watching their son but not being able to do anything to communicate with him. The strange woman would sometimes talk to him, but they couldn't hear what Josh was saying back.
So, to pass the time of waiting for Josh to be free from the other world, Cristie and Drake did a lot of talking, mainly about everything that lead up to this point. It was what you would expect. Cristie kept trying to justify keeping Josh protected all those years, while Drake argued that she was just being overprotective.
Here are some highlights.
One came with Josh/Scratch's fight with the scraptors.
As his parents watched him kick their butts, Drake commented, "Looks like our son has some hidden talents."
"No kidding." Cristie replied. "I never knew Josh was so good at fighting..."
"Well it's not like you tried to find out, seeing how you never took him to any martial arts classes."
"Hmph, whatever." Cristie said, though she knew he was right.
Another highlight came when Scratch faced off against D-Structs on the cliff. After watching him foolishly get knocked off but seeing that he was ok, the strange woman asked Cristie, "Your son seems to have a bit of clumsyness about him. Is this normal for him?"
Cristie sighed. "Unfortunately so. He's never exactly been a... careful person."
"I see... and has this kind of thing happened before?"
"Well, his clumsiness did end up with him getting embarrassed at one point... thanks to his STUPID classmates..."
Many Years Ago, Josh's School...
Cristie got called down to the school one day, just after lunch, by the principal. Apparently there had been an incident involving her son.
When Cristie got down there, she entered the schools lobby where the front desk and office of the principal was. Once there, she entered the principals office and saw the principal sitting behind his desk, two teenagers sitting in two chairs in front of the desk, and two adults standing around one of the children. One of the teens in the chairs was a student she hadn't seen before, and the other was Josh. She gasped when she saw him. Josh was not only completely soaked in water, he also had scuffle marks on him, like he had been in a fight.
Cristie immediately went over to her son and hugged him. "Oh you poor thing! What happened to you?"
Josh held his arms together like he was sulking, and told his mother the story.
Apparently he had been walking with his bag towards a secluded spot after his class to sit down and read a book his mother had packed for him. On his way he had to go through a wide open area where there was a fountain of the schools mascot, a giant mosquito, shooting water upwards in the middle.
While he was walking, he looked over to the right and watched some of the girls from his class talking to each other. As he looked, one of the girls noticed him looking at them, looked back at him and waved. He smiled and waved back. In his mind, he thought about his mother. What was so bad about other people? Why was she always trying to keep him away from them? Why-
Right at that moment, his leg dead stopped on a hard surface. Before he had any chance to react, the rest of him continued to move forward, and he fell headfirst right into the fountain, covering himself in water. Thankfully the water was deep enough that it stopped any painful injuries, but even so, it was completely embarrassing. To make it worse, there were about 20 other teenagers, including the girls Josh had waved to, who had seen him fall in, and, instead of doing something useful like help him, started laughing at him.
After some flailing around, Josh managed to get out of the fountain and saw everyone around him laughing at him. He couldn't believe it. He had just taken a tumble and everyone was laughing at him! What the hell was wrong with them?!
Just then, one of the teenagers came up to him, still laughing, and said, "Wow dude! You are such a god-damn klutz! Hahaha!"
With that insult, Josh was enraged. He charged at the teenager and tackled him. What followed was a series of fierce punches against each other. The other classmates were no help. They just circled around and started yelling, "Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!"
In the end, two teachers had to come out of the nearby building to break up the fight, and the two of them were taken straight to the principals office.