Okay where do I start? First, my SINCEREST, deepest apologies for the long delay to this story. I blame my school and my inability to manage my time. I totally half-assed the story and it shows at parts scattered around the story. It's all right there, you name it: lack of description, grammar, plot holes, etc. It's a real mess and I just feel terrible about it, but hey when you got other stuff to take care of, you gotta do what you gotta do. *Sighs * I guess the first step is to admit the mistake and accept it. School's been heavy so I had to really weigh which was more important. So I disappeared half the time until finally (Hallelujah!) the holiday break!

HOWEVER… I've been experimenting with some new writing techniques and suddenly the hits have gone higher than ever since! This fast pace stuff will really come in handy for future stories. So I'm glad you guys have enjoyed it. If you haven't, I take full responsibility. I really planned to make this the best story I've ever written but some unexpected turns came around and it totally threw me off. But I'm glad I kept my promise to get this done! And it's been fun!

I really wanted to work with my OC one last time. I wanted my character to really stand out among the other OCs created. At first when I created her, I wanted to poke fun on the whole Mary-sue concept. It was my first story, and I was looking for something really simple to work with and that was how Femme Fatale was created. Later I felt that Femme Fatale was a little too "Mary-sue-ish" and I tried to figure out how to keep this disgustingly, painstakingly clichéd character and still make her stand out. That's what the story was about, an attempt to experiment with this little devilish character once more. So… did I accomplish that?

What I think… I was at the right the right direction, but Fey pretty much stayed the same. (I'm sorry Fey! I guess you were just doomed that way to begin with. Mary-sues are so terrible to work with aren't they? :P). But c'mon, admit it, you can't tell me they don't catch your attention; they're so dang fun to mess with! XD

Plus, I needed her type of character for the kind of story I was writing, something unpredictable even I didn't know it was headed. I didn't even know Marlene was going to end up finding a new suitor (^^'). I like Kent. He's my favorite OC next to Fey ^^ And then the next thing I knew, I created the penguin rogue group. They're total parodies of the original penguin team, and I thought they were fun to work with. (Bet you didn't think a bunch of penguins could also be polar bear tamers? XD)

"Hey wait, there's no wolves in Antarctica!"

Yes, I know.

"Learn you're biology!"

You're?

"You suck!"

Yes, thank you for that kind remark. Yeah, I don't know if there are any wolves there, I don't think they'd handle so well on the Antarctic desert (if there is none, you got me; I'm a moron on wolf geography. Big woop, get over it, just enjoy the dang story. I wanted action in here so I went with it). So yay for wolfies! ^^

And that's just probably one plot hole in a few I might have left in there. If you spot some, I'm sorry, and I'll be glad to fill 'em in later. I got the main conflict done though. Fey's gone for good, Marlene wins! Yay!

We'll see if I decide to work on another project. I'm taking a break from PoM for awhile, but we'll see if I'll come back to it, the RIGHT way this time .

I'll still keep writing fan-fic, don't get me wrong, but I think I'll take a crack on a new topic. I will ALWAYS love the "Penguins" and Skilene, I will NEVER give that up, so don't worry about that.

Anyways, I appreciate the reviews and I'm glad to hear you all really liking my story regardless. And I'll say it wasn't THAT bad either. I think this is the most original PoM fic, I've ever written. It's even gotten more popular than my previous stories, so I'm grateful it hasn't been a complete flop. In my opinion, it is actually a great piece of art I've written so far (and I'm not just saying that 'cause I'm being conceited or anything, hey you gotta have a little faith in yourself too ^-^). There was action, romance, some comedy (I'm bad at that department^^'), passion, drama, mystery, twists! The question for me is, can I top it? *shifty eyes*

Well, happy holidays guys. All questions, comments, and critique are accepted. Thank you for being so patient with me. It won't happen again ^^

(Hehe, and I was the one that complained there was a lack of detail in the story… I'm sorry ;D)

PoM rox my sox, and Skilene forever!

JV's Jack