Hello everyone!

So I've finally done it. I'm finally writing again. And here within just a few, I'm posting a chapter. I'm really nervous about it and excited. I'll be posting it here and AO3.

However! It won't be here. I'm rewriting the story and it will be different enough to warrant me posting it as a new story. The new story will be called, RE: Efflorescence. I'll keep Antithesis up but I'll put those chapters into the new story, but of course, improved upon as well.

Overall the overarching story is roughly the same. There is a name change. I've decided to go with Seraph for Natsu's twin and letting Mard Geer being Mard from the manga/anime. Some of the timeline will be different as well. There will be new chapters, new things, revisions of things. An example would be Natsu not being the first demon Zeref created, but the only demon that Zeref created from his flesh, blood, and cursed fire. He will still split in his creation, creating Natsu and then Seraph(previously mard geer)

I did try to find new names for Dusk and Flora but ultimately I couldn't find anything suitable enough.

I'm going to keep Natsu as Natsu, but he will be more mature and this will be explained. You'll still recognize him as Natsu, but he will be more mature. And honestly, I've never thought of Natsu as an idiot as some people think or like to write to him as, so you won't really find that here in the new one.

Some things are changing about Freya. I've thought about it a lot and I want her to address some with Japanese suffixes, like nee for sister, san, sama, etc. An example would be her calling Erza, Erza-nee, a lot like how Elfman calls Mira, Mira-nee. To really get across and express how she views some and feels about them. Her magic will roughly be the same, but with some clarification and I suppose more rules to it. She will still be full blood draconic, still a descendant of Zeref, but further down the line. Still a reincarnation of Flora, and the goddess Freyja.

I plan on from the beginning showing some of the past in the beginning chapters, to explain the deep connection between Freya and Natsu. I will however try to make it less intense as they are growing up until they hit their teens. ill still show and write snippets of the past spread throughout the new chapters, as I did in this one.

I've been working on this on and off for years. Straightening out the winkles, timelines, characters, story, etc. It still won't be perfect but it will be a huge improvement from this story. There will still be happy times, sad times, depressing times, etc. Unfortunately but perhaps fortunately depending on how you look at it, I like being sadistic to my characters and make them suffer. That's just a flaw in my character that I can't really overcome. I know I had some feedback that Freya needlessly suffers, but I just can't write it any other way. That's just how the story goes. But I'm not doing it just to be edgy or w/e. I am trying to write to the best of my ability and write a mature story, with mature themes, etc.

I'll be writing more adventures between Natsu, Freya, and Happy. More events and holidays that they will spend together.

I've stated I'm uncomfortable writing smut scenes between Natsu and Freya with her being 16 and him 17/18. But it's a major plot point, them finally mating and forming the bond between them. I've decided to imply it, and write up to it. But for heavy explicit smut, I won't write until they are older. But also to me as well, teenagers will be teenagers. Always pushing the boundaries and exploring themselves and others. Hormones and all that. So also in a sense, I feel it's somewhat stupid to at least not imply it as it is just something that happens IRL and I like writing stories with IRL themes.

I can't' really think of anything else I want to say about it, so I hope to see you in the new story! And I hope you come to like/love it as you did this one, if not more hopefully!

I still want to keep this one up and don't want to get rid of it, but it won't be updated anymore.