Kuro

I tried to sit up again, but to no avail. Every time that I tried to raise my body, I couldn't hold it without Naru supporting me. I was grateful that she was here to help me, or else I would most certainly still be laying on my back, unable to sit up properly. Feeling the constant shocking throughout my body every time I moved was very unpleasant, but feeling Naru's paw on my back lightened my negative feelings and replaced them with a warmer one. I decided to not think about these feelings, as I didn't want them to spread to my face and become evident to the Glaceon sitting next to me.

The shocking in my body was steadily decreasing, making it easier to move around and keep myself up without help. I felt the burning that went along with the shocks fade away at the same time, and soon after, I was able to walk. I stood on my paws, feeling immensely sore, but I was able to stay standing. I needed Naru to help support me at first when I tried to walk around the infirmary, but soon enough, I was able to walk properly again. All of this took a few hours, but once it was done, I was feeling quite a bit better than I did right after my battle.

While I was resting, there was a knock at the infirmary door, and soon after, an Audino entered the infirmary.

"Ah, good to see you're awake." The Audino started. "Congratulations on being accepted as Ravens! Both of you! However, every other accepted member has already left to go to our main base of operations. Because you were injured so badly, we decided that it would be better if you waited to go separately as opposed to being on a crowded aircraft while you could barely move." The Audino explained.

That makes sense… But… Did I hear aircraft?

"We need to take an aircraft to go there?" Naru asked quickly afterwards.

"Yes. It is quite a distance away from Myriad, and we need to keep it hidden, so what better place than in the middle of nowhere miles upon miles away?" The Audino explained before directing us out of the room. "Follow me, I'll take you to the aircraft, and then you'll see your new home for the first time, neither of you have a problem with abandoning your current living areas, do you?" Naru and I shook our heads almost instantly. This took the Audino off guard, but they led us out of the infirmary anyway. I was intrigued at the mention of an aircraft though. My parents had both told me about them in the past, apparently, they also used them multiple times and told me, in detail, what they were like. All of the stories were positive ones, so I had somewhat high hopes, and a slight bit of excitement.

We walked up another staircase in the gargantuan building that we didn't notice before, the stairs had the familiar red carpeting that made up almost the entirety of the building. The carpet was soft, and it gave a pleasant feeling to the touch. After we finished climbing, there was a small hatch and a ladder that led to the roof. The Audino opened the hatch, and we all climbed up the ladder one after another, which was a bit awkward, being a quadruped, but if I could write, I could do this. Once we were at the top, we arrived at a large pad that had a bright white coloring. There was a dark black circle rounding the middle of the pad, and there were bright lights flickering from red to green, which I assumed to be signaling a landing.

As if to confirm my suspicions, I looked upward to see a giant, almost rectangular metal vehicle hovering above the three of us, slowly lowering itself to the ground. Naru and I took a step back, not really knowing how to react to the lowering aircraft in front of us. It very slowly landed on the pad-like floor in front of us, and a small door on the side of it began to open. Once it was fully open, the Audino stepped inside, and waved at us, prompting us to follow. Instead of immediately following, I looked at the structure in awe for a second. It was massive, a lot larger than what I thought based on previous descriptions. The metal of the vehicle had a dark purple, almost violet coloring to it. In fact, it looked as if it had originally been lighter, but the color had been worn down over a long time. Once I left my small state of shock, Nau and I both followed the Audino into the beast.

The interior of the aircraft sported a deep violet color, similar to the outside, and it was lined with red cushioned seats that had black stripes splitting the red coloring in half. Other than the seats, almost the entirety of the aircraft's interior sported the same violet coloring, making up a row of seats leading to a closed opaque door, which I assumed to be the location of the one controlling the aircraft. The Audino motioned for us to sit down in two of the seats we were standing in front of. I sat down in one of them and Naru sat next to me. The Audino then took a seat across from us, and then gave us a look that I couldn't quite place. It was almost like we were being observed.

"Now, before we get to where we need to be, I need to know something of both of you." The Audino asked with authority. "You will be trusted with a lot of information when you get to our base of operations. You absolutely have to swear to secrecy regarding all of this information and we will have to advise psychics to read your thoughts and make sure that you are not conspiring against us. Do you agree to both of these terms?" The Audino finished asking.

I was fine with both of these requirements, secrecy was a given, but having my mind read was a bit unnerving… However not enough to stop me from nodding my head in confirmation to the Audino in synchronization with Naru.

"Good. Now I would like to ask you something else, have either of you had any past experiences with any pokemon that may have had a strange symbol on a part of their body? Something that looks like a dark spiral and a hand?" The Audino asked.

My mind instantly shot to the Gallade that attacked Naru. That Gallade clearly had a branding of some kind that matched the description that was given to us by the Audino, but that wasn't the only pokemon that instantly shot into my head.

Those three…

"There was this Gallade that tried to attack me just yesterday… He has a symbol like that near his chest." Naru told the Audino.

"Ah… So you have had experience with them… What about you, Umbreon?" The Audino then turned to me.

"I was with Naru when that Gallade attacked her, but other than that, no experience with them." I answered, prompting a very confused look from Naru.

I gave her a look telling her that I would explain later.

The Audino then nodded and began speaking once more.

"Well, that's all I needed to know, this is a fairly long trip, and since it's the middle of the night, I suggest that you two get some sleep. Tomorrow, you will start your lives as Ravens, be ready for it." The Audino then went towards the opaque door, entering the room presumably with the pilot, and Naru and I were left alone.

Just as I expected, Naru immediately turned to me, and gave me another confused look.

"Why didn't you tell them about Kai and the other two? Couldn't the Ravens help find them?" She asked, almost sounding concerned.

She definitely had a point, I mean, why wouldn't I want to take the opportunity to get a helping paw in my search of these three? Had I just joined without the applicants' tournament, I probably would have. However, I didn't want to take an unneeded risk.

"I really wanted to say something, but I don't think that's the best idea right now." I told her. "We already saw that Kai is a Raven… A very respected one at that, if I just went and accused him as a killer… I'm not sure how well that would be received." I explained, feeling a bit frustrated. "Anyway, I need to try and sleep… I don't want to be tired for whatever we have to do when we arrive."

"Yeah, I should sleep as well. We need to make a good first impression!" Naru said with a cheerful tone, prompting me to smile.

I then relaxed my thoughts, and fell into a peaceful slumber.

Naru

I have soooo much to think about right now….

My thoughts were pretty diverse over the events of today, not only did I get accepted to become a Raven, but I also now have a better idea of what I'll be doing in the future. I'm finally breaking out of the cycle I had myself stuck in for so many years, and I couldn't be happier to finally be out of it.

I let out a slight sigh, wondering if I'd actually be able to fall asleep. I had way too many thoughts in my head to silence myself into slumber, but I at least had to give it an attempt.

But just as I was, I felt something soft brush up against the side of my neck.

I slightly tilted my head to see Kuro, sleeping soundly. He had been asleep for quite a while now, as he was able to fall asleep as soon as he said he would. I have no idea how because I'm pretty sure he has even more to think about than I do at this point, but I just accepted that he was able to sleep peacefully whenever he wanted… He also seemed like a very heavy sleeper. I looked at his sleeping figure and smiled. I thought back to a day ago… When in my own haste I accidentally rammed into Kuro head-first, knocking us both aside. I remembered expecting to be yelled at, maybe even beat up on the spot, but he just said it wasn't a problem and went on about his business. I realized that if he wasn't there, I probably wouldn't be on this flying vehicle right now, I wouldn't be a Raven. I would most likely still be in my home, waiting for the next day to come and go, with nothing significant ever happening.

I felt Kuro slowly raise and lower, his fur creating a soft feeling against my neck. I thought it was a bit strange how small Kuro was, he was definitely quite a bit below average size for an Umbreon his age, which was very uncommon. I assumed it was genetics, but it didn't bother me in any way. It's not like he's weaker than any other Umbreon due to his size, so it didn't really matter. I thought it was something that made him unique, and something that I found just a little bit adorable.

To think I've only known him for under two days...

I felt heat rush up to my face as I kept my thoughts going in the direction of Kuro, but I didn't throw them away like I usually did. I had no reason to try and hide them, as I was alone beside a sleeping Kuro. Instead, I let my thoughts relax, but didn't change their course.

I then fell asleep to his rhythmic breathing.

Kuro

I felt myself waking up from a very peaceful slumber, but I noticed that my head was cold. It was strange since the vehicle that we were in was heated, so being cold wasn't expected.

As soon as I tried to turn my head, I noticed the source.

My head was resting on Naru's shoulder, and her head was leaning on mine. I felt the cold radiating from her body, not enough to be a bother, but enough for me to notice.

Then again, this was all cancelled out by the heat building up in my face.

I took a small breath and very carefully moved my head out from Naru's and I set her into a more comfortable position. I then sat up in my seat and tried not to focus on the position in which I just woke up. I looked out of the window that I was sitting next to, only to see nothing but blue sky. I didn't even see any clouds, there was nothing but blue, empty space. I observed the sight for a bit, just letting my thoughts wander, not knowing what should be on my mind. I managed to force myself to sleep, but now that I was awake, my flooded mind began to return to me. I thought about my decision to keep the information about Kai to myself, wondering if it really was the right thing to do. I also started to think about how much my life had changed the second I actually decided to leave my home, but I quickly tossed those thoughts aside, not wanting to think about the past that I recently left behind.

I sighed deeply, relaxing my body while I waited for Naru and I to get to our destination. I'd get answers there, sitting here getting a headache over them wasn't going to help anyone.

Soon after, I saw Naru begin to stir.

She opened her eyes and yawned, before looking at me and lightly smiling.

"Morning Kuro!" She greeted me, before looking past me and out the window. "Wow… I can't see anything but the sky here… No clouds or anything…" She said.

"I think it's because we're far away from most civilization, at least, we have to be after flying for who knows how long." I responded, also turning my head back to the window.

However, I saw more than the sky this time.

I looked towards the ground, and I saw a truly extravagant sight. There was a monumental building, sporting a deep violet color, similar to the walls in the building we signed up to be Ravens in. The roof of each section of the building was rounded, sporting a flat top with a violet symbol on the top of each rounded area. The symbol was purely white, it was made up with a large star, each point filled with more pure white coloring, making a nice contrast to the violet roof below it. In the center of the star, there was a talon, sharing the same white coloring. The symbol looked beautiful, but the environment around the building captivated me even more. As we got lower, I was able to make out more of the area, which was surrounded by well-kept trees, as well as gorgeous flowers of all colors. From red to blue to orange, even ones of pure black. These flowers were not only at the outskirts of the building, but also scattered around the fields which also surrounded the building. They were plain, dirt fields, and they were quite large in number. The entire area was absolutely breathtaking, and also, because of all of the nature surrounding it, reminded me of my home, back when my parents were still alive. The environment gave me a mindset of peace and tranquility.

Wondering what I was so enticed by, Naru leaned over my shoulder and looked out of the window.

"Wow… Is that where we're headed?" Naru asked.

"Looks like it… It's beautiful." I responded.

While Naru and I were staring at the area in awe, neither of us realized how close we were actually getting to the ground. Soon after, we felt a slight slump in movement, and then we had stopped moving altogether. The sudden stop after the little hiccup caused us to bump our heads together, but neither of us flinched at the sudden contact. After all, we met in the same way, just a lot harder. Out the window, I saw a long strip of land, nothing was significant about it, there was just a long strip of dirt surrounded by more bright green grass.

We had arrived at our destination.

The door that held our presumed pilot and the Audino opened swiftly, and the Audino walked out.

"We've arrived at our destination. Please step out and I will guide you to your next designated areas." The Audino said. Both Naru and I stood up, a bit sore from the long flight, as well as my exhaustion from yesterday, and then followed the Audino.

She brought us to the exit of the vehicle and the three of us walked onto the dirt path, leading to what would most likely be our new home. The dirt felt very coarse on my paws, but that was probably because I had just spent who knows how long sitting down in a very comfortable location. I also looked up at the sky and noticed that it was already past mid day, meaning we really were on that vehicle for almost a full day.

This area really is far out there… I wonder what kind of other places are nearby...

I didn't really know what to expect from a place like this. I originally lived in a very small area that had nothing but a forest that, over the years I was alone, I learned like the back of my paw. I knew for a fact that there wasn't really anything there besides the nature that surrounded me. Then I went to Myriad, which held a lot of interesting things. From homes, to stores, to other miscellaneous buildings. It was so much different from where I lived for the entirety of my life. Based on that change, I had no idea what this building or the surrounding area would contain.

Guess I'll find out soon enough.

After we were getting rather close to the building, the Audino turned their head towards us and began to speak.

"When you two get inside, I will bring you to the leader of the Ravens where you will learn more about your life here. All of the other new recruits have already heard this, so I'd assume that you won't be running into any of them until you start your usual routine here. If you have any questions, they will be answered by our leader within reason when you see her." The Audino explained, getting a nod from both Naru and myself.

Soon after, we were standing inches away from the front door to this grand structure. The door was a deep blue, not quite like the purple and violet colors of most other parts of the Ravens' designs. The door shared the same symbol that I saw plastered on the very top of the rounded part of the building's rooftops.

The Audino slowly opened the door, making Naru and I both almost gasp in surprise.

We were looking at the main lobby of the building. It had a combination of the three previous colors, all separated into thirds by thin white lines along the floor. The walls had the same complexion, and up against the walls were many potted plants of different types. I recognized many of said plants, as a lot of them grew in the forest that I used to call home.

Some of those are poisonous…. I hope whoever put those there knows that….

I took my thoughts away from the poison flowers around the walls and the looked upwards. There were many balconies, all of which had many doors on them. The balconies were made of wood, and the doors had the same coloring as the front door, just not quite as large, and they also did not include the symbol. The roof was also made up of wood, and also had more potted plants hanging from the ceiling, like the walls, some of which were poisonous.

The entire lobby looked grand and amazing, and both Naru and I were extremely captivated. We almost didn't notice the Audino almost leaving us behind. We quickly caught up to the Audino, who led us to a violet carpeted staircase. We headed up said staircase, and it led to a door that, unlike the ones on the balcony, looked exactly like the entrance to the building. The Audino knocked a certain pattern on the door, it took them about a full minute to knock it, and then a different pattern was knocked back, but it sounded as if it was coming from a distance, and not the door itself. The Audino then opened the door and stepped aside, motioning for us to enter. Naru and I hesitated a bit, but after a second, we both slowly entered the room.

It looked like an office of sorts, sporting the same violet coloring as a lot of the previous locations we've been to. There were a few chairs in front of a desk of sorts in the center of the room. The ceiling had the same coloring, but also had a small chandelier, which had a nice golden coloring, as well as lights hanging off of it on all sides. The chandelier was also surrounded by many other ornaments hanging from the ceiling. The ornaments had indescribable shapes, but there were six of them, and they looked like they shared some significance, as to what kind exactly, I had no idea. Overall the room seemed like a very well put together office, but that wasn't what I should have been focused on.

I was focused on the Greninja sitting behind the desk, wearing an anticipating smile.

This Greninja didn't look like every other one though, their skin, instead of the normal dark blue, was a pure black. Before I could observe the area we were in any more, the Greninja bowed their head towards us and began to speak.

""I would like to welcome both of you Ravens to my organization. My name is Myra, and I am the owner of this place, as well as the one who dictates what the Ravens do. Before I start to explain in detail what exactly you'll be doing here, do either of you have any questions?" Myra asked.

I didn't have anything in particular to ask, as I knew anything I want to know was about to be explained to me. I shook my head to indicate that I didn't have anything to ask. Our leader's head then turned to Naru, and she hesitated a bit, as if considering a question but not knowing if it should be asked or not.

After those few seconds of hesitation, she finally opened her mouth to speak.

"Then, if you don't mind me asking, you have a reason behind everyone you picked to become a Raven, right?" Naru started, and I realized where she was going with this. "Why exactly did you pick me to join? I thought there were a lot of other pokemon who were more qualified."

"Of course I have a reason behind every pick. If I didn't then I wouldn't exactly be qualified for this position. You demonstrated something that I saw almost nobody else show. Everyone who did show it got picked, by the way." Myra paused for a second before continuing. "Creativity. You showed that you can use your abilities in more than one way in order to put you into an advantageous position. For example, using your opponent's attack to blind them with one of your ice shards. That was a work of creativity and genius. Trust me when I say I don't have any regrets about picking you." Myra finished.

The last statement seemed to catch Naru off guard and make her a bit flustered. In the end she composed herself and looked back at Myra.

"T-Thank you! I won't disappoint!" She managed to get out. The whole situation made me release a small smile.

Myra then gave Naru a nod and turned back to me.

"Your name is Kuro, isn't it? I have a question for you. If you don't want to answer you're not inclined to." She then turned her face into a slightly more serious expression. "Are your parents' names Storm and Blade?" Myra asked, making me flinch initially, and then my eyes widened, and I wasn't sure what to think. However, once I rested my thoughts and remembered something I figured out while I was sleeping at Naru's home, I calmed down.

I really shouldn't be surprised…

"Yes, my Mom's name is Storm and my Dad's name is Blade. Why do you ask?" I responded, hiding my still uneasy feelings. I really hoped I didn't make them visible on my face, but I couldn't tell if I succeeded, or failed miserably.

"Your parents' are retired Ravens, didn't you know? Both of them were exceptional in battle, and showed a lot of talent in other areas of need. They always talked about you after their retirement, next time you go home you should bring it up with them." After Myra stopped talking, I froze. Not at the revelation that my parents were Ravens in the past, I should have been expecting that from the start. Something else she said made my skin crawl.

'You should bring it up with them next time you go home'

She doesn't know.

I very quickly gathered my surprise and unease and nodded my head. I really didn't want to have a breakdown in front of who was going to be my boss from this day forward, so I bottled up my emotions further.

"I'll make sure I do." I responded, and instantly I got a look from Naru. It was a very concerned look, as if she was worried I would break down and lose myself upon the continuation of this subject.

She may not be completely wrong.

Luckily, the talk quickly changed subjects after I responded to Myra.

"Now there are a few things you should know about your new life here as Ravens. First thing you should know is the new system we have in place for members taking on missions. Originally, we had multiple members sign up for a specific task and then the task was set to be departed for at a certain time, which is when these pokemon would leave to complete the task. Now, or new system is a partnership system, and this is also the reason we started to accept sixteen members instead of fifteen, we needed an even number. Now, everyone is going to have a partner, and that is the person you will be completing missions with, sharing a room with, sharing rewards with, basically sharing every aspect of your life here with them. Because you two couldn't get here until after everyone else, that means that you will be partners, as everyone else has already arranged themselves with another. Are you okay with this?"

Naru and I nodded our heads in unison.

"That's good, because even if you weren't okay with it, I'd have to stick you with each other anyway." Myra lightly chuckled to herself before continuing. "Anyway, your first day here will be a bit uneventful, you mostly just need to listen to me talk and prepare yourselves for the days to come soon in the future. After today, you will start your routine as new members. At first, this routine will consist of training with a current member for some time in the morning, and then your team will go on a mission that will be listed on a board in the main lobby. Since you're new members, you'll mostly just have small delivery missions or escort missions. Once you've spent more time here and had more training, then you will have more advanced missions such as taking out members of our opposing organization, or maybe spying on them. However, you need to be here for quite a while before you start accepting those kinds of tasks. When you're not doing a task off of the board, you'll most likely be doing a task that was directly asked of you by either me, or one of the other leaders of this place. They'll introduce themselves as leaders when you meet them so you'll know who they are. Even know this is our schedule, we are flexible if the need arises. Finally, you two have room fifty-eight, they key to the room will be hanging on next to the door. That is all you need to know for now, tomorrow morning, go to any of the dirt fields used for practice right outside of the building, you will find the member designated to training you there. Other than that, make sure to enjoy your lives here as Ravens. Don't make me think I made the wrong choice." Myra finished with a smile.

Once more, Naru and I nodded our heads in unison and then started to depart from Myra's office.

"Wait, one more thing!" Myra stopped us. "This place, our base of operations, is known as the Nest, there's one more thing I'll need to do with you two, but it can wait until you're with everyone else." She told us, before departing herself.

The Nest…

Now knowing the name of our organization, Naru and I left the office to wander the Nest, looking for our room.

Naru

Kuro and I walked around the Nest for a very long time, looking for our room. It was nice and all that our room was already set to us, and that we had a room in the first place, but not knowing where it is caused us a lot of extra searching.

I reeeeaaallllyyy should have asked where our room was before we left….

After much time of walking around, in and outside of the Nest, we found ourselves on a very nice-looking balcony. The bars on the end of it were made up of purple-painted wood, which was the same color shared with the floor. The Balcony was very long, and a large amount of doors were on the wall opposite to the bars. We were also at the edge of the Nest, so looking past the balcony resulted in a peaceful view of endless green grass. Each room had a number, but I swear we had found almost every number before and after fifty-eight, and they did not seem to be in a pattern of any sort. There were just a lot of rooms, each of which having a number, not in order at all. There wasn't even a separate section for new members compared to veterans, it all seemed completely random.

After walking further down the balcony, we looked at the tenth door down, and we had found our happiness.

"Finally, room fifty-eight…" Kuro slowly said, sounding a bit tired from the multiple hours of walking.

I looked to the left of the door to see the key, hanging from a small wooden claw. I swiftly picked it up, realizing that it was shaped more like a card than a traditional key. Despite looking like a card, it still had a small outward portion of it that was able to fit into the keyhole of the door. Without hesitating, I inserted the key into the door, and unlocked it. As soon as the door opened, Kuro and I were both stunned for a short while.

The room had the same violet coloring as the rest of the Nest, but it seemed different. The color was shining brightly, unlike the rest of the building. The floor and the ceilings had a bright white pattern with black stripes lining the white carpeting. There were two straw beds on either side of the room, each one with a small table adjacent to them for belongings. The entire room just looked beautiful.

I don't mind this becoming my new home in the slightest…

I saw that Kuro had the same look of awe on his face that I had, making me smile slightly. He seemed to look at a lot of simple things in awe because he isn't used to them, but this time it was more than justified. I walked over to one of the beds and placed my scarf down on the small table next to it. I also put down my bag and thought about our arrival to the Nest. However, there really wasn't much to think about. The only thing that we've done so far here is get introduced to our new boss of sorts, and then walk around for hours looking for our room.

I never thought that my life here would start with struggling to find a room…

It was getting late into the day, and I know we were supposed to try and sleep around this hour, but the fact that I've slept much more than usual the past two days, it wasn't exactly going to be easy to just go to sleep.

Kuro, however, didn't look the same way. He had also already set his things on the table adjacent to his bed, but I saw a distinctive tired look in his eyes. It wasn't natural though, something was causing him to make his eyes look the way they did. They weren't exactly tired, but they didn't look normal.

I think I know the cause…

It definitely came as a shock to me that Kuro's parents were Ravens, and as soon as I heard that, I assumed that Kuro didn't know either, seeing as he didn't even know who the Ravens were, but he seemed to know that his parents were Ravens already. That wasn't the reason Kuro seemed upset though, the reason was something that Myra said soon after that.

She asked Kuro to greet his parents, not knowing what happened. While this must have brought up a lot of unwanted memories for Kuro, I don't think that was the reason behind his sudden drop in mood, at least, not the only reason. I think he realized that his parents' death wasn't even a known event, even from the pokemon who associated with them. While I can't say this for sure, I feel like the reason revolves around that.

Only one way to find out…

I walked over to Kuro, who was looking down at his bed with a blank gaze. I rose my paw and gently tapped his head, to which he slightly flinched and then looked up at me. As soon as he looked at me, I almost lost my will to ask due to his eyes, but my mind was already made up.

"Hey, Kuro, is something wrong?" I asked him as softly as I could. "You seem to be a bit down."

Kuro looked at me with his blank stare for a second before shaking his head and then smiling a bit sadly at me.

"I'm okay, I've just had a few bad memories resurface when my parents were mentioned. It's nothing big." He told me.

His response assured me a little bit, but I was still worried. I couldn't tell what was going on in his head, so I didn't know if he actually felt okay or not. For now though, I had to take his word for it.

"Okay, but make sure to tell me if you need help with anything." I told Kuro, as I climbed into my bed. "I'm sure I can find a way to help you if you need it!" I tried to sound cheery as could.

When I looked over to Kuro, I saw him looking at me, but he no longer had the sadness in his eyes. In fact, he was giving me a grateful smile.

I felt a chill go up my spine and slightly averted my eyes.

"Thank you, Naru. I'll keep that in mind." He told me, before laying his body down on his bed.

I also set my body down on my bed and tried to relax.

Tomorrow… We both start our new lives…

We'll finally be out of a nightmarish spiral for good…

?

…..

…..

It looks like… He finally might be growing some fangs….

We might actually need to be careful….

Hello readers!

I would like to apologize for the stall in updates, I had a good pace going for a while, but then I started an internship program at a University and that has been eating up most of my time, by most of my time I mean my schedule has been this:

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Come home to eat

Sleep

Repeat

I promise that I'll try to find more time to write in my small amount of idle hours, but this program is going until the 21st, so after that, hopefully my upload rate will return t what it was for the first six chapters.

Finally, I want to thank everyone who has left me a review or PM'd me with either feedback, or encouraging words about the story. I really appreciate it, and it reminds me of why I love to write. As for the ones that have sent me hate and told me how bad of an author I am… I could care less. I would appreciate if the hate in my PM's would stop, but it won't keep me from writing, nor will it change my writing style or tone, so if they continue, then so be it.

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