Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen.

It pains me to do what I am about to do but I have an announcement to make:

By this notice "A Twist in Fate" is officially discontinued.

It has been a long and hard thinking process on my part but it is the only option I see as the story stands right now as well as where I am as a writer. I don't want to leave you without an explanation so let's keep it snappy:

Reason #1: Randomness. Yes, you read right: randomness. The story has very often taken a turn it was never expected to do and it did it in several aspects. The biggest one is the very character of Raziel.

From the start he was supposed to be like Raven, a demi-demon but he had accepted his demonic side and discarded most of his human values. He was supposed to be someone who you couldn't call a 'good guy' even by the furthest stretch and more like a powerhouse that just does what he likes to do. He was supposed to be that guy that parents tell you to stay away from. A 'bad guy', not exactly evil but being far form being good or even neutral.

He turned out to be some Dante-wannabe with a cocky attitude bigger than Red X and Robin put together. He turned out to be some idiot who lost sight of the bigger picture. He turned out to be just another 'good guy' who likes to piss off Robin.

Another thing that took a mind of its own is the pairing. Would you believe me when I say that in the start the story was supposed to be a Raven/Terra pairing with a possibility of adding Jinx? Raziel was never supposed to hook up with Raven or anyone else for the matter.

The Raven/Raziel pairing was created after a too short night and an even longer two days and without even proofreading it the part got posted. After I got to my sense I just tried to salvage what I could and go on. Big mistake.

The next thing on the list of randomness: Blackfire. Raziel was from the start supposed to kill her in the most gruesome way I could imagine at the moment of writing. The whole 'Blackfire turns good' thingy was a stupid idea that hatched after a week of constant exams and me suppressing my muse.

Point four to those who keep track is Terra becoming a vampire. That wasn't planned the slightest nor was it a good move to pull. I can only blame myself for it. It was a dickmove extraordinary that still searches for its equal.

Another point of randomness idiocy was making Raven the new Grim Reaper. Again a spur of the moment thing that should have been thought through further. Born from fanart of Raven holding a wicked Scythe was the initiation for this stupid, stupid idea.

Adding Red X as a character to the 'group' was the last straw the broke the proverbial camel's back.

Reason #2: the loss of the red line. After the time Raziel entered Raven's mind things had been drifting further and further away from the thought out big picture and the already planned plot points.

The chapter turned into a random 'I type what I feel like typing' collection with little to no connection to the actual plot. It was just utter fanservice (with the fan being myself) with no reason whatsoever.

After the last chapter it was nearly impossible to get the story back on track for the big showdown without at least 2-3 fillers chapters and even then it would have been a big break on how things had gone so far.

Reason #3: inconsistence. The way the story has been told has been fluctuating with each chapter, never settling for one point and always making my own head spin. Even after coming back only two days after the last update I had to re-read the WHOLE thing to get my mind back on track how the story was going. Hardly did I ever know where I was supposed to go with the next chapter and thus came came Reason #2 (see above).

Reason #4: insufficient research and notes. Yes, this one is totally my fault and could actually have been avoided if I would have gotten off my freaking lazy ass like I started to do with my other two big projects. Now I am simply faced with a jumbled and utterly fucked up mess no one has a chance to sort out.

Those are my four reasons for taking down this story.

But hold on, there is something else.

Having now found out what caused this story to go ape-shit stupid and mind-boggling fucked up I have decided to give the whole thing a new try. Yes, I am planning on A Twist in Fate Version 2.X. This time around I plan to make sure that things don't get fucked up this time around.

If you're even interested in seeing where this story was SUPPOSED to go drop me a message or review and you'll get a notice as soon as said rewrite gets posted.

Again, I am sorry for killing off this version of the story but it was just ape-shit bonkers stupid.

- Nelo Akuma