NOTICE

As most of you are aware, I have decided to re-write this story. This version is going to remain posted, but I have decided that Chapter 50 was an excellent place to stop.

I have posted the first chapter of the new version of the story. The new one kept the original title (Of Raindrops, Flowers, & Wishing Wells) and I have changed the old version's title to Of Raindrops, Flowers, and Wishing Wells. It's no big deal, I just wanted to make you aware.

Just remember that if you have this story on alerts or anything like that, you'll need to put the new version on there as well.

The new story is…good. I'm very proud of it, actually, and I would not say that unless I absolutely meant it. I really think that you are going to enjoy it immensely. However, if you really do not want to read the new version, I will put an update on this one saying when the new one is caught up to this point. BUT I STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO READ THE NEW ONE. It's about a thousand times better than this one. There's actually character development in the first chapters, and all of the characters have more personality, I think. And it just makes more sense.

But before I go, I want to answer a few questions about this version that people have asked.

What exactly is going on with Caradoc, Cado, and Amelia?

This storyline is much more developed in the new version, but the simple version is this: Caradoc and Cado Dearborn are brothers, Cado is older. Cado was a year behind Amelia at Hogwarts and they dated. He liked her a lot more than she liked him, so when she left the school, she thought that the relationship was over. Cado, however, was heartbroken. He became obsessive and thought she would wait for him. When she didn't, he sort of lost it. Chief Warlock Umbridge hired Cado to murder Amelia (because Umbridge is pissed that Amelia got the werewolf law passed), and Cado thinks that he can do it, but when he gets there, he starts to let out all of his frustrations and Amelia gets away.

Is this story Canon? Or will Lily and James live in the end?

It's Canon. They are going to die. There story loses value to me if they live. It would be nice and everything, but the point—to me—is that they fight for a better future even though they know that they won't be around to experience it. They fight selflessly, and that is what makes them heroes.

How far will this story go in their lives?

The actual plot goes through to Harry's birth, and then there will be an epilogue about their deaths.

Why is it called Of Raindrops, Flowers, & Wishing Wells?

There are a lot of titles out there that are sort of dramatic, or they touch on MAJOR events in the lives of Lily and James, but to me, the little things brought them together just as much as the big things did. It rains when James brings Sirius to Lily over the summer, and at other points throughout the story. The flowers—James starts out giving her lilies, but over time he learns that she prefers sunflowers, which was sort of him realizing that love is more about the other person and what they want, rather than what you think that they want. The flowers also refer to Constance and the white roses, Valentine's Day, etc. The wishing well was only touched on in this story, because it doesn't really play a part until the end. But the point of the title is that the little things are just as important as the big ones.

I truly hope that you don't hate me for re-starting the story. Some of you disagree with me (cough-Nick-cough), but when people tell me how great this story is, and then I go back and look at it, all I can think is why? And I'm not saying that so that anyone can answer the question. This story is not at all up to par in my mind anymore. I started it when I was fourteen years old. I am now eighteen, and my writing has significantly improved.

Please give the new version a chance. All of the major events and quite a few of the conversations are the same, but it's just more detailed and expanded. Thanks for sticking with me through so much. You guys are the best readers any author could ever ask for.

For more info on the new story, drawings of the characters, writing tips, teasers/spoilers, and more, you can visit my writing blog: www. pottedlilies . blogspot. com (no spaces). There is also a link on my profile.

I love you all to bits!

Love Always,

Kayla

If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for who we really are.