ANNOUNCEMENT! ANNOUNCEMENT! PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS AS THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INFORMATION! I REPEAT, PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS BEFORE YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON MY DECISION OR HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS! THANK YOU!

Right...so, I'll get straight to the point. I'm gonna delete this story.

And right before you guys start complaining and protesting, just know that I'm not gonna permanently delete it! I mean, I am, but I'm going to also revise, edit, and improve the story before sending it out to the world for all to see! So, in other words, I'm gonna rewrite and add and delete a bunch of things within this story.

I know what you guys are thinking next. "But Mage of Hope, why bother deleting the story when you're just going to do all that?" Well, truth be told, I did really think of that and thought that was one of my choices, but I started thinking more deeply about it and there was way too much to change snd improve and stuff, so it would be better altogether if I deleted this fanfic and then published it later freshly renewed and stuff.

Yeah, so I reread my fanfic a couple of times, read your reviews and PMs, thought and considered a couple of things, and decided, "yeah, I don't like a couple of things I incorporated into this so I'll just change them." That, or delete that, but there's a minor difference in that.

During my thought process and deep thinking into all of this, I realized that I made Ignis' fighting style a bit...complex and confusing. Initially, she was supposed to be a fire user (hence the whole fire element of the Wayfinder Trio thing)and defense user, like a sort of tank. But, at the same time, I also wished to make her agile as well, making her like some sort of agile tank. The stats were supposed to be this: Her attack power is greater than Ventus, but weaker than Aqua and Terra. Defense power much more higher than the three of them because that's how I intended it to be. Speed power is greater than Terra, but weaker than Ventus and Aqua, though she could be on par with Aqua's speed but just barely. And finally, her magic power is stronger than Ventus and Terra, but much weaker than Aqua.

However, I didn't realize it at the time, but I had accidentally mixed up her fighting style with her cheerful personality. You know how traditionally, in RPGs, fitting personalities and/or body types can match their fighting styles? Like, an energetic, tough guy could be like a brawler or a heavy hitter warrior, or how a kind and gentle girl could be the healer or mage of the party, or how a big guy with a big heart can be the tank or another heavy hitter. I made Ignis' character body slim and agile all while wearing armor to make her some sort of agile tank, but her energetic and childish personality made way to becoming a spellcaster, so I may have made her a bit too OP. An girl whose more focused on defense but is also a bit speedy due to her energetic personality and love for magic? That's like, granting 4 boosts to her when one should normally get 1 or at most, 2, boosts!

That, and later on in the story, admittedly, I decided to make her more focused on healing and supportive magic. I mean, we already have Aqua, who also has a few healing spells, but she's more of an offensive mage to me, with all those high-tier spells she obtains later in the game. Honestly, with Aqua's kind and motherly-like personality, she'd be more like a white mage while Ignis' energetic personality would be compatible for a black mage, but right now, their roles are reversed. I was interested in making Ignis a supportive agile tank because I thought it would seem right since supportive magic also includes defense magic. If that were the case, then I would have made Ignis some sort of holy paladin struggling with casting offensive magic even though she really wants to, but her primary element is fire.

Speaking of magic casting, when I rewrite the story, I will still make Ignis some sort of spell casting inventor, but tone it down a lot. Like, having her invent a bunch of spells is already too OP enough for my opinion, so any spells you've read that Ignis invented, there's a good chance that I may not use them again in the new and improved updated fanfic. However, I will have her experiment and practice magic since part of her interests is that she's massively interested in magic. I mean, come on, a lot of us would be interested in making things explode like Harry Potter! Okay, maybe not make things explode all the time, but it would still be fun to use magic! I kinda have some sort of plan for her that will build up involving her magic spell-inventing interests. But, for the time being, in the new and improved story, I'll narrow down that interest a bit.

One of the reasons why I wanted to delete this story and make it anew was because I kinda made a mistake with the worlds. See, I wanted to incorporate non-Disney worlds into this fanfic to make it more interesting, and initially, the three new non-Disney worlds were going to be Golden Sun (which involved the first two series of the game), Tales of Berseria, and...well, it's been a while, so I may have, at the moment, forgotten what the third world was going to be, but they were meant to help improve Ignis' character and make her grow stronger.

Unfortunately, a problem with that was that not a lot of people knew those games, and that they weren't too well-known. I mean, they may be well-known to a couple of people, but not everyone in the entire world. Pokemon? Everyone knew that. Final Fantasy VII? Yeah, everyone and their own grandmothers knew about Sephrioth by this point, especially with the remake out. Dragon Ball Z? Need I ask?

The point is, the worlds I intended were from video games, and although I loved them, not a whole bunch of people knew them, hence the problem. Plus, even I was starting to get bored even after writing so many chapters in the Golden Sun arc in this fanfic, and I knew that was a sign for me to stop. I had much planned, but unfortunately, my writing instincts got the best of me and silently told me it wasn't worth it. In the end, I knew they might be right. I'm not blaming you guys for this, it was my own fault for this fault of mine, so naturally, in the updated story, there won't be any unexpected non-Disney worlds. I've learned that lesson literally through experience and the hard way.

Next, Vanitas and Ignis' relationship. Oh, don't worry, I'm still gonna ship those two together, but the major problem is that they don't get enough scenes together. Oh, sure, I've made Vanitas cocky and a bit of a temperate rival to Ignis, but there's still not enough interaction between the two. I plan on improving that and to develop their relationship a bit more earlier than their "first meeting" together.

That, and I don't want to make Vanitas OOC about this. I mean, I've read Vanitas x reader stories where Vanitas basically goes OOC, drops everything, and kisses pretty much the most beautiful girl he's ever met, promising her his love and stuff like that. NO! NOPE! Not gonna do any of that cliche bullshit! So out of character that it makes me cringe! I mean, admittedly, I may have made Vanitas a bit OOC, but I'm doing my best to make him like he is in both the video game and the light novel! Therefore, I will improve his relationship with Ignis in a better light, hopefully!

Anyways, another reason why I'm deleting this story is because of the fight scenes. Sure, Ignis wins a lot of her fights because she's the main character of this story, but I need to add in more strategies for her fighting style! I can't just have her attack, attack, defend, unleash devastating spells to finish off the enemy, that kind of strategy every time! No, I need to add more to the fights and be more detailed and descriptive! This wasn't satisfying enough.

Oh, and before you guys say anything, no, the new and improved version of this fanfic will NOT be Rated M. It'll still remain Rated T.

I also made a mistake while creating this fanfic. The whole Magic Burst and Summoning Magic thing. Yeah, I just wanted to add in new elements and terms but they're hardly brought up a lot. Yeah, and while Summoning is technically in Kingdom Hearts, I just made a new category of Summoning Magic, involving elemental Familiars, so no. I changed my mind on that as it'll still make Ignis a bit too OP and it diverts from the story, so I won't add Magic Burst and Summoning Magic in the new fanfic.

Out of all the things I'll change...I don't think I'll change the Argentum Clan idea. I mean, it's interesting, and it plays a role later on, so I think I'll keep that there, but I'm going to change a few things about that, no doubt about that. Hinatsu will still have her silver eyes thing and that comes to play later.

So, I made Hinatsu because of various reasons, and one of them being that she's the Ignis to her new group, the Destiny Trio. Ventus has Sora, Aqua with Kairi, and Terra with Riku. If Ignis exists, then so too must there be a fourth member for the Destiny Trio, now soon to be the Destiny Quartet! Also, in case you guys forgot, Hinatsu is Sora's big sister by one year, but she's not blood-related to him, only adopted, and this comes into play later.

I just want to say, I love incorporating the lyrics and songs, especially the RWBY ones, into the chapters, but as time passed, I found that while people enjoyed them, I found people that found them troublesome and didn't like that I incorporated lyrics, finding it bothersome. So, I'm having trouble deciding amongst three options: Should I still incorporate both the song and the lyrics? Should I just skip out the whole thing and just let the battle scenes fly by with no music? Or should I still incorporate the song, but not the lyrics?

What do you guys think?

I found it interesting myself that Ignis was practically growing Grey, or at the very least, neutral, considering that I did originally plan for her to still be on the side of light, but then I changed my mind and got more interested in making her a neutral character. Terra's basically given in the darkness, Ventus is still full of pure light, and Aqua did kinda give in the darkness but was mostly light. One thing that had all three of them in mind was that darkness was evil and light was good, or at least two of them while Terra was trying to control the darkness. For Ignis, I plan for her to still learn both light and darkness magic even in the updated version, so yes, she will eventually be in the neutral route. I'll still keep her like that for her character development.

Yeah, this might be a bit of a spoilers and all, but I'm still just gonna say it. The ending of this fanfic was going to be...DARK. Like, really, really, dark. Actually, it was going probably be on par to the horrible fate Aqua was going to go through or maybe even a little bit worst, but that's debatable. I...I can't exactly tell you what fate Ignis was originally going to have because I'm still wondering if I should go through with that ending or with a new ending I've been thinking about. So, I'll ask you guys which ending you would like for the new and updated story?

Just note that the original ending for this story, is, of course, dark. I still can't tell you what the original ending would be because it would spoil too much, but I can tell you that this ending would result in Ignis' actions as heroic, but she would regard and haunt herself as a horrible person, like a villain at the end. Now, the new ending I've been thinking about will further expand Ignis' story, but at the same time, may actually be far worst than both Aqua's ending and the original ending I planned for this story. Ignis' actions at the ending will still be heroic, but later on, her new further actions would be a mix of both evil and good, so she'd be like an anti-hero at that point and her fate will be...well, let's say, endlessly painful. Truth be told, I'm only telling you guys this because, the Wayfinder Trio has already suffered during their endings. Ventus? Doomed to sleep for like, a decade. Terra? Had his body possessed by Xehanort. Aqua? Forced to wander the Realm of Darkness for over a decade. See the pattern?

So, if I were to remake this story, which one would you guys prefer? The original dark ending that I planned for Ignis? Or the second more, possible even darker ending for Ignis?

Also, I may tone down the dark tones in the last world, namely Quasimodo's world. Yeah, and I might not make it that long, at most, maybe even 3 or 4 parts, but yeah, that might have been a bit too dark. That was meant for the massive character development for Ignis, but that may have been a bit too dark. I'll still go through with Ignis being traumatized, but while it'll still be dark, I'll still tone it down a little bit.

I think that's all for now, but if I can think of more, I might go back and re-edit this. Also, I'm not going to start deleting this story right away. I'm far too busy with stuff. Once I finish season 2 with my two Yu-Gi-Oh GX stories, I'll get right back to this story and make edits. Then, when I'm confident enough, I'll delete this story and then come back with a brand new version.

Thank you for coming this far and listening to me rant on for so long. If you have anymore questions, feel free to PM me! Oh, and please answer my questions and list any comments or anything you want to say in the reviews or PMs. It'll really help me out! Thank you and I hope you'll be patient!