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Hey there peoples, it's Darlene. I like Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain.

I'm a completely crazy South Carolina girl by the name of Darlene Elizabeth who writes fanfictions whenever the plot bunny pays a visit. Which is frequently. But only half of these are decent, and I haven't gotten them up yet. A lot of things inspire me, but music is the big influence on my writing. Hey, "Undo" is named after a Rush of Fools song. Within Temptation, Evanescence, Casting Crowns, BarlowGirl, Rush of Fools, Arvil Lavigne, Linkin Park, even Weird Al Yankovic inspire me. Random fact: "Deception's Price" came to me while drying my hair and listening to "Virus Alert" by Weird Al Yankovic. (XD)
My tastes are really ecclectic. But it works, so I must be doing something right.

I recently re-discovered my love for creative writing a few years ago while writing a novel with some friends. While writing that novel, I became inspired to write my first fanfiction, which was so bad I eventually took it down. After that little pitfall, I started writing Indiana Jones and the Lost Cimarosa Manuscripts, which is currently on hiatus. Undo had been existent in my head for a while, about two years, before I finally sat down and started writing it, changing little bits and pieces that I didn't nessecarily find critical to plot line. And now, I'm a proud student of AP English Composition, with the world's most sadistic teacher. Go figure.

Note: As I'm going on college visits, and still wrestling through mounds of homework as a Senior, updates are going to be not as frequent, but hang in there. I'm still writing, I just need to find time to do so, without getting up at 3 in the morning to write.

And no, I don't have ADHD. I just... oh! Look! A kitty!

Ahem... carry on.

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I wanted a llama for Christmas. Instead, I got an ACT study book. Bummer.

"Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret MeadStories I'm Writing:

Indiana Jones and the Lost Cimarosa Manuscripts: My first fanfiction to stay up on here. Currently on hiatus. Indiana Jones and his daughter, Halle, go on one last adventure to find the Lost Cimarosa Manuscripts in Venice. Will Indiana allow his little girl to grow up, especially after Marion's death?

Undo: My very first Star Wars fanfiction! Anakin survives the attack on the Death Star, only to find Padme's body on Naboo. Is he willing to fight to redeem himself, to keep on living, or will he give up altogether? And, will Leia ever learn to accept her father, or will the relationship forever be shattered? Currently on hiatus due to a massive computer crash. Scheduled to be back in late June. :)

Deception's Price: Some principles borrowed from the story "Ravenous," found here: . A young, not yet matured half-breed Volturian vampire has made her way to Forks. Allyson Grace Pervar discovers the secrets that have been hidden from her for the past seventeen years. What is the price tag on years of deception and lies? Can you ever learn to find your true self amongst the choking thorns of betrayal? (Twilight)

Stories to be Written in the Near Future:

Skywalker Family Vacation: Padme told him, "Anakin, I fell in love with your spontaneous antics." But Padme had to rethink her words when out of nowhere, Anakin brings home a recreational craft, nicknamed "Arvee," one day. But how normal can a Skywalker Family Vacation really be? AU (Funny little thing when Undo or Deception's Price gets too depressing.)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Flying Dutchman (title MOST DECIDEDLY CHANGING once school gets out): "For the things we want most, a price must be paid in the end." Those words continue to haunt Captain William Turner as he enters the eighteenth year of his service aboard the Flying Dutchman. Asked by the Goddess Calypso to serve for twenty years, rather than the required ten, Will is chained to his service aboard the Dutchman throughout his daughter's young life. Elizabeth is hiding the truth from her daughter. Felicity Turner runs to the ends of the Earth, stopping at nothing to break her father's curse. But what will happen when her death is the only thing that can set her father free? And will Nathan Norrington ever avenge his father's death, especially when a certain captain named Jack Sparrow constantly seems to be getting out of his reach?

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Random Facts about Me:
- I sing in the shower
- I hadn't read Twilight until April of 2008
- I want to major in Music Education and Sports Journalism
- I'm a habitual procrastinator
- Team Edward all the way. Just saying.
- I hate the movie "Titanic."
- I don't understand why people get upset if you compare Within Temptation and Evanescence.
- I am deathly afraid of catfish (no kidding. I freak out if I see one.).
- I have exceedingly random dreams (one time, I was dreaming about washing my hair and eating spaghetti at a nuclear power plant. NO IDEA where that came from. shrugs)