Hey y'all, long time no see! Soooo, it's been awhile. For a minute I actually thought I was going to abandon PTL because I just never had the time to write anymore, but this semester has been a little more tame so I have some spare time on my hands. In order to get motivation back to continue writing, I actually went back and reread my entire series and god did I find so much I have problems with. First, TYPOS. It killed me to see how many typos there were when I tried my best to proofread. Then I was finding things wrong with the plot I didn't like, or things that made me think, what on earth was I thinking? I started writing PTL when I was 17 and I'm 21 now, so I had to take that into account but GOD. It made me wanna immediately start rewriting everything I've currently written. I wasn't sure at first, so I started trying to continue on with season 6 but I'm just not feeling it anymore. There's too many characters for me to write that some characters are disappearing from the series, I'm not sure what to do with certain characters to the point I was thinking about killing them off, and overall PTL is just becoming too crowded and too much work for everything I've piled on. I have no idea why I added so many OCs! A lot of them added nothing to the story. So, when I decided to rewrite PTL, a lot of things are gonna change, including:

Elowen's name is going to change. I always wanted her to have some kind of uncommon name so it could be a running joke, but honestly I'm tired of the name Elowen and it ended up not being much of a running joke. However, I caved and still gave her an "unconventional" name, but not one that's "weird". She is now Magnolia aka Maggie.

Esmeralda's name also changes, as does her FC. She is now played by Penelope Cruz and is named Carmen. Her power also changes! I eventually got tired of her having a "useless" power and never be able to contribute to fights, conflicts etc so she now has the power of telekinesis instead of being an empath. The elemental witches was based off of Charmed (1998), so I wanted to mirror the "all the (female) names start with P" and chose a random letter to go with, but it severely limited names I could choose for the family, so I'm getting rid of it all together. Josiah is still Josiah. Their last name also changes from Ramirez to Delgado.

The triplets (Angel, Adriana, and Veronica) will all be deleted from the story. Reading it back I finally saw how little they added to the plot. Eliana and Sydney may also be axed, but I'm unsure yet. They definitely won't be main/side characters anymore, maybe just characters that are mentioned but never introduced. Toby will still be in the story, but his FC might also change as will his name (maybe). Marisol will also still be character despite how unpopular she was but I will work on making her less annoying and hopefully more likable. I'm also getting rid of Klaus being attracted to her because I saw how WEIRD that was considering he watched her grow up as a baby to an adult. Serious predatory behavior. Don't know why I did that. Also unsure if I want to continue the Kol love interest plot either. We'll see.

Things that won't change are the pairings: Maggie/Stefan/Damon, Carmen/Alaric, Toby/Elena and Caroline/Josiah.

I also encourage you guys (if any of you are still here) to tell me some things you might wanna see in the rewrite! Maybe plots you thought fit better or directions certain plots should have gone it. Just things in general you want to see and I'll see what I can do.

Saying goodbye to PTL was a hard decision to make but in the end, I've started to realize how unhappy I am with the series. Hopefully this revised version will be better! I'm going to post it right after I post this update so go favorite and follow if you can! I missed writing so fingers crossed I can find time between assignments/classes and when summer hits. Here's a snippet of the new story, Despite the Darkness, the Light Returns :)

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Walking into the halls of Mystic Falls High, Josiah nudged Maggie's arm.

"I can't believe there's a vampire in town," Josiah was saying as they walked across the courtyard. "I mean, I know they're real, but somehow this makes them seem even more real. I could be killed."

"You're not going to be killed, dumbass," Maggie retorted. "Unless this guy has a daylight ring, you're safe when the sun is up. Just don't go out at night."

Their conversation ceased as they passed by the main office and spotted Elena and Bonnie standing a few feet away from the door. They were huddled together, whispering to themselves as they peered inside at something. Maggie and Josiah stopped next to them.

"What's up with the secret meeting in front of the office?" Maggie asked, turning to follow their line of sight to see what they could possibly be spying on. All she saw was the backside of a boy talking to the secretary. She wasn't sure what the big deal was.

"Hot new student at 12 o' clock," Bonnie explained, but it didn't seem like much of an explanation to Maggie. She raised an eyebrow.

"We can only see his back."

"Yeah, but it's a hot back."

Elena suddenly huffed, "I'll be right back," and walked off towards the boys bathroom. When Maggie turned back towards the office, she was abruptly struck with a new piece of information.

He's compelling the secretary.

Pulling out her phone, she sent Josiah a discreet, one word text.

Vampire.

Josiah read the text and glanced at Maggie as the new student began to turn around.

"Please be hot," she vaguely heard Bonnie mumble, but she was too focused on the fact that he was a real life vampire. What if he was the one from her dream? Oh god. Except… there was a chance that he was the other one. The one who meant no harm.

Maggie waited in anticipation as he finally turned all the way around. She got a good look at his face aaaaaaaand…. Damn, Bonnie was right. He was hot. But she couldn't think of that right now. Josiah tugging on her arm to pull her out of sight and out of mind distracted her from sparring another thought about the mystery vampire dude.