AN: I am sorry to report that this is all one very big Author's Note, and not a chapter. I DO have a somewhat-prepared speech for this, so I beg of you all to listen… or… read… or, whatever…
Okay, first of all I want to say that I know how it feels to absolutely love a story. I really do. However, it is also a common known fact that sequels are hardly ever as good as their predecessors. This fact is disproved by, say, the Harry Potter series, or the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. But, those were planned sequels in a series of events. If an author (or movie director) simply suddenly decides to write a sequel based on the number of people demanding it, the likelihood of it turning out as good as the work before it isn't that high. That is how this story worked out. Many people requested a sequel, so I wrote one…
So, a while later, a sequel was posted, and my original reviewers for Malfoy's Twin hounded on it. They soon realized it was a bit better than Malfoy's Twin. I realized that too. After several months, however, I lost the will to write it, hence why I hadn't updated in, well… a long while. Because, back when I started this story, I didn't outline it, and I forgot exactly where I wanted this story to go… so, it is with a very, very, very heavy heart that I say that I must discontinue this story. It seems that so many of my other stories have come to this fate, and I have discovered the reason why… so I shall tell you my secret: outline first.
If you outline first, and even pre-write the entire story before posting it, you will get a feel for what the story's outcome will be and be confident that you will get the entire story posted because you know what will happen. The readers aren't supposed to know what will happen until it, well, happens. But if the author doesn't even know what will occur later in the story, how can he/she write the story? Making it up as you go simply doesn't work anymore, except for random humor stories maybe, and even then, if one is not humorous, then how can one write a humor? However, I do have something here that I believe would be of interest to all of you… I figure since I am discontinuing this story, I can show it to you… as it turns out, there WAS a prophecy about Cassandra and Draco… this is it:
Born under the same night stars / in the middle of the fifth month / lie two people, when put together / to either strengthen or destroy the Dark Lord. / Apart their power is greater than his / But together their power is yet stronger. / Appeared unto him they can only work / Forever together but a world apart.
Why I made this up I don't know, since it contradicts Harry's prophecy… but this was the only basis I had to going on with the story, and it simply wasn't good enough.
As I said, I very much hate to discontinue this, but I simply have no more will to write it. I know how it feels to realize an author is no longer going to update a story, really, I do. This is why all of my new stories now are completely outlined and in some cases pre-written. So, if you know what's good for you, you won't pine over this story too much and you'll switch over to reading Easier To Run and/or Never Say Goodbye. Both of which, might I add, are completely outlined and being updated regularly. Again, I say, I really hate to discontinue stories because I KNOW that there is a lot of people out there that were following this story and are now extremely sad/disappointed/angry/etc… and I can say, genuinely, that I'm terribly sorry…. If one should venture over to Emily and Amanda, one would see an Author's Note near identical to this one…
Signing off for the last time on Forever Together But A World Apart…
-xXx SpicySugar xXx-