Author's Note: PLEASE READ VERY IMPORTANT

hi, manta here again.

i'm sorry for such inconvenience but here is the rewritten version of "The Awakening" in third person's perspective. as i've mentioned in my author's note in the original entry, i was having a hard time writing this in first person so i decided to upload this version. i'm truly sorry for this chaos. anyway, below are the reasons i've enumerated in the original entry as to why i published this story.

you must be wondering, "why would she write a new multi-chapter story when she can barely finish her ongoing one?" trust me, i'm asking myself that question at least ten times a day but this situation is something different.

as i've mentioned before, i've been struggling with some kind of a down moment in my life, sort of a quarter life crisis (which i am starting to recover from at the moment) that totally affected my writing motivation and speed. and during this time, there's one question that never left my mind: "what do i do with my finished stories that have been rotting in my cabinet?" and i think, this is one of the reasons why i feel trapped and lost with where i am standing in my life right now. because these stories were what started my passion and dream in writing and knowing that they were just there, fading on papers until they are crunchy enough to tear on their own kills something inside me. yet, embarrassingly, i can't find enough motivation to encode and edit them.

so, i thought, what if i do them while doing something i am currently interested in? will that help me progress?

that's why i came up with this idea.

the following story is one that's been finished a long time ago with it's own original characters, settings and elements. in order to save it, it will be incorporated with code geass characters, etc.

so here are some of my "warnings" as you embark on this journey with me:

1. this story will be 'CHILDISH'

- i wrote this story when i was about 15 or 16 years old filled with childish imagination and morale. in fact, as i was reading the drafts a while ago, i couldn't help but cringe at some parts. but as much as i found some of it dumb, i will try my best to preserve the essence of the original story and original characters. this is not a code geass fanfiction, this is a story for another set of characters, my first original characters that are so dear to me first, and i want to honor them. i'll still edit here and there to lessen the cringy-ness.

2. ridiculous character descriptions and comparisons

-since this have original characters, automatically they have their own appearances which are far different from code geass characters. there are also some parts where character A looks like character B which when replaced with cg characters, wouldn't make any sense. i'm trying my best to adjust every one's appearance and description, but i hope you'll bear with me. please don't be surprised when suddenly lelouch looks like v.v. but you're free to throw stones at me. :-)

3. characters will be OOC

-i'll try to make them act in-character most of the time

4. eventhough this is already finished, the publication schedule will not be regular

-i still have to retype and edit everything so the updates may take time in between.

5. story is divided between past and present

-the chapters with the roman numerals are the past while the ones with hindu arabic numerals are the present

this decision is one of the hardest that i made because one, it feels like i'm taking away the identity of my original characters from them which had been with me for more than ten years; and two, i don't know if my commitment is enough to see this through.

but i'll try my best. this is my way of loving and pushing myself beyond boundaries. one way or another, this is part of my healing and moving forward and i hope that you'll accompany me in this journey. sorry for this long note. hope you'll enjoy this one. thank you for supporting my works.

stay hopeful!