From the author of "A Tale of an Elf":

Hello. Wow, it's been a really long time since I looked at this fic. (2 years...) I had actually forgotten that it existed. Fanfiction recently put in a private messaging function, and someone PMed me about my story. Imagine my surprise when I logged in and saw ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE reviews!

Well, here is the truth: This is, was, and forever shall be, a parody. I'm not sure exactly what possessed me to write it. Perhaps I had just read so many Mary Sues that I felt I could properly write a parody of their terrifying Sue-ness. I can spell, use proper grammar and coherent sentences, and have read LOTR 8 times as well as the Silmarillion and the complete History of Middle Earth. I'm also attending college as a journalism major.

The sad thing is, my badly written (understatement of the century, I know) parody got 133 reviews. My serious stories that I spent a lot of time tweaking got 7 reviews. Apparently people write more when they hate something, eh?

Well...I don't remember why I stopped writing this. It probably stopped when my LOTR obsession stopped. But thank you, Avalon's Mist, for reminding me of my tale. -)

I am now debating whether to continue this or not. Time will tell.

Just one more question...could anyone tell me if this ever was PPC'd? If it was, I could die quite happily.

Thank you all for your readership.