Ari: I'M BACK IN THE WORLD OF THE LIVING!
Drew: About time *wipes a finger on a table picking up a bunch of dust* you've been gone for almost 6 months.
Ari: I know and I'm sorry you guys. Lack of motivation hit and writer's block hit me hard til about August when I decided to edit my stories up til the last chapter to help get me get my writing mojo back. As for my editing, I know it's not perfect, but it's good enough for me. Thankfully, I finished editing a couple weeks ago and started writing again in overcoming my writer's block. Now I can't stop writing! Thank Arceus! I wasn't planning on posting this yet, but I figured I tortured you all long enough. Drew, since you're in my presence, you get to do the disclaimer.
Drew: schoolmouse33 doesn't own pokemon, only her tired self.
Ari: This is true...ROLL FILM!
November 20th (Lilycove City, Hoenn)
(May's POV)
"How are we going to defeat the boss without joining a party?" Drew asked slightly annoyed.
"Pfft, we don't need to, the four of us can handle it," Gary said unconcerned.
"You're insane," Drew muttered as we continued to eat lunch.
"We could get some of the guys to form a party with us," Ash suggested with his mouth full of hamburger.
I waited for Misty to hit him for talking with his mouth full, but she ignored him and continued to eat.
"At least our asses won't be kicked," Drew sighed.
"No kidding, especially since those three players haven't shown up for a while. Guess they couldn't take a hit," Gary snickered.
I looked at Leaf to see her hit her drink on her tray before standing up and grabbing it.
"Where you going?" I asked concerned.
"To the library, I need to find a book for my paper," she said stiffly with Misty and Dawn following her lead.
I sighed, "I'll see you guys later," I said as I kissed Drew's cheek before following the girls.
I followed them to an open area on campus, "I know you finished your paper last week Leaf, you had me proofread it," I said bluntly.
Leaf gave a small grunt, "I just wanted out of there, I'm sick of hearing about them talking about that game. If anything, my plan to beat them at their own game backfired. Now they won't stop."
"I know you girls want the guys to give you their attention, but staying silent isn't going to solve anything," I reasoned.
"Neither is telling them," Leaf said getting angry. "Gary doesn't even give the time of day anymore. Even if I said something, he would complain that I'm being too clingy. Hell, I wanna bet $20 he's not going to even remember my birthday tomorrow."
"I doubt that," I said slightly surprised at her bitter tone.
"I wouldn't be, not with a new game update coming out tomorrow. The guys will do nothing but game," Dawn said bitterly.
"Dawn….," I started to say but she held up her hand to stop me.
"Look, I know you mean well, but it's best if you let us handle this," she said.
"But that's the point, you aren't doing anything," I said slightly exasperated.
"The thing is, it's up to the guy's to figure out there's a problem," Misty explained.
I sweatdropped, "You do know who your boyfriend is right?"
Misty shrugged, "He has his moments."
I chuckled at the girls reasoning, "Then again, you girls are acting just like we usually do when there's a problem. Make the guy know something they did is wrong when you say nothing."
"Except they're too busy gaming to notice," Dawn said slightly pissed off.
The bell then rang ending lunch, "We better get to class," Leaf sighed as she sat up.
(Dawn's POV)
I was busy working on a few problems Mrs. Burch assigned when I noticed Paul staring at me, "What?"
He raised an eyebrow at me causing me to roll my eyes and focus back on my work. For the remainder of class, I felt him staring at me from time to time, but I ignored him. The bell than rang signaling the end of school.
I grabbed my stuff and tried to leave when Paul grabbed my hand, "What?" I asked again.
"Do you have something you want to tell me?" he asked.
"Not really," I said while muttering under my breath. "Nothing you can't figure out on your own."
I then felt myself being dragged out of the room and towards the woods on campus, "What the hell Paul?! Let me go," I said annoyed with a slight shout.
"Tell me what's going on," he demanded.
"What the hell are you talking about?" I asked.
"You. You have been more quiet than usual and you're brooding. You never do that," he said bluntly.
I scoffed, "Seriously, you now just figured this out. After I've been like this for the past month!" I screamed.
He waited for me to continue as if waiting for me to continue screaming like a whiny bitch, "Oh no, I'm not doing this," I said as I began to walk back away.
Paul then grabbed my arm and hugged me into him, "I'm not letting you go until you tell."
"Let go," I said as I trying to get out of his hold.
"No," he said as he held me tighter.
I continued to struggle, but I began to lose the strength to as I felt myself begin to shake from trying not to cry. I missed being this near to him and I just wanted him back.
"You jerk," I said as my voice cracked from emotion.
I then felt him loosening his hold as he turned me around. He then held me close and kissed my temple. I felt myself stiffen in shock as my pupils shrank in surprise because he never did that. In doing so, I couldn't keep the tears in anymore and began to sob as I hugged him back fiercely.
"So that's it," Paul murmured as if he figured it out. "I've been neglecting you."
In him saying that, it caused me to cry even more, "You freakin' jerk. All you did was play that stupid game and the more you began to play, the more you began to forget me. I figured that a few days wouldn't hurt, but then it turned out to be weeks and I didn't want to complain because you'd call me a clingy bitch for whining."
Paul then pulled away and lifted my head up, "Dawn, I would never accuse you of something that you're not. If something is bothering you, I want you to tell me. Alright?"
I nodded as he kissed me, "As for forgetting about you, that's highly unlikely. Who else is going to talk me to death?" he muttered teasingly causing me to glare at him.
He then hugged me close, "I'm sorry that I haven't been giving you any attention."
I smiled, "No need to worry," I chirped before looking at him and smirking. "You'll be making up for it."
Paul smirked back as he kissed me deeply. While making out, I remembered I was supposed to meet with the girls.
"Crap," I muttered as I broke from the kiss to look at my poketch. "I've got to go."
Paul then hugged me from behind as I tried to run, "Who said you could go?"
"I have to otherwise the girls are going to kill me. You can have me later. Besides, the guys are probably wondering where you went off to," I pointed out.
"They aren't my keepers and what makes you think I'll let you go?" he asked.
"Because you love me?" I guessed teasingly.
Paul sighed, "Only you Troublesome, only you," he murmured as he kissed me again.
He then let me go and I ran to the beach where I was supposed to meet with the girls.
"Where were you? We almost called for a search party," Leaf called.
"I got held up," I explained as I took out my compowder to change into a tank top and yoga pants.
"Held up?" Misty asked.
"Someone needed to talk to me about something," I said as I began to stretch.
"Did he make things right?" May asked nonchalantly.
I sighed happily, "Yeah."
I then looked at May to see her smirking making me realize that she knew, "You need to stop hanging around your boyfriend so much," I muttered.
"Care to clue the rest of us in," Misty huffed in slight annoyance.
"Dawn and Paul made up," May summarized.
"Good for you," Leaf said trying to show enthusiasm.
"Don't worry Leaf, things will work out," I said with a smile.
Leaf sighed, "You're boyfriend isn't as big of a gamer as mine."
"Enough ladies," May said as she clapped her hands. "Let's get to work."
"Do we have to go through the whole routine again?" Leaf said with a slight whine.
"Does Misty hate bug pokemon?" May retorted with a smirk.
"I hate you," Misty and Leaf grumbled as we began to practice with the dummies May created.
After practicing for an hour, I felt great.
"You girls are getting a lot better, you might even surpass me," May praised.
"I doubt anyone can surpass you in martial arts," Leaf muttered.
"Come on, we better head back since it's getting late," Misty observed as she looked to see that the sun had almost completely set.
As we made our way back, May's poketch beeped. She pulled it out and pushed a few buttons.
"I'll catch you girls later, I need to meet up with someone," she called as she took off running toward school.
"Wonder who she's meeting with?" I asked thoughtfully.
"Probably Drew, those two can't stay away from each other for long," Leaf said with a slight smirk though her eyes looked sad. My guess is that she wishes that she and Gary were like that.
"She'd say if it was Drew and besides, May hasn't been called to help anyone lately so that's most likely the case," Misty deducted.
"True, we're technically are back on the clock now for missions," I agreed.
"Hopefully that'll cut down the guys' game time," Leaf muttered.
"Do we wanna play a little bit?" I asked.
"Nah, I wanted to watch the season premiere of "Mental". It looks hilarious," Leaf explained.
"Is it the murder show with the psychic?" I asked.
Leaf nodded, "Mind if we join ya?" I asked.
"I don't mind so long as you make your special pizza," Leaf bargained with a grin.
"Deal!" I chirped as we shook on it.
When we reached the house, we didn't hear anything. No shouting or swearing, not even a simple word.
"Are the guys even here?" I asked in puzzlement.
"You'd think they would," Leaf grumbled.
We then went upstairs and each looked in our boyfriend's rooms to see them empty.
"Where'd they go?" I wondered as we meet in the hall.
"Probably a mission, we are back on duty," Misty reminded.
"Come on, if you girls want my pizza, you're gonna have to help me make it," I said as I started downstairs thinking of all the ingredients we would need.
November 21st (Lilycove City, Hoenn)
I woke up to the wonderful sound of my alarm clock and grumbled under my breath as I attempted to turn the obnoxious sound off.
After succeeding, I got ready for class by dressing in a black cami with a black sheer shirt that had long poncho sleeves and skinny jeans. I snuck a few knives as I put my hair in a high ponytail and put on my grey slouch boots. After deeming myself worthy to be in public, I grabbed my backpack and went downstairs to find Misty and Leaf eating breakfast.
"Happy Birthday Leafy," I chirped as I hugged her from behind.
"Thanks Dawn," she said with a small smile.
"When'd did you get back? You weren't here when we went up to bed," I said to May who finished eating her pancake.
"I didn't get back here til after midnight," she explained. "An acquaintance of a friend needed my help. As a heads up, I'm going back to help after school lets out."
"Are the guys up?" I asked noticing their missing presence.
"There aren't here, we don't know where they are," May said with a slight frown.
"They're probably on a mission and it's running late," Leaf muttered as she finished eating.
"Drew would still at least send me a message," May murmured.
"I'm sure he's fine. After all, he's an aura guardian like you," I said as I gave her a reassuring side hug.
"We better hurry otherwise we'll be late," Misty said as she looked at her poketch.
"And we'll have to be more attentive to our notes," May muttered.
"We'll survive and who knows, maybe the guys will show up," I said optimistically.
*After School*
"Or maybe they'll be gone the entire day," I muttered as the girls and I left the building.
"Now I'm starting to worry," May muttered.
"Don't worry, we'll look into it. You go and help that friend's acquaintance of yours," Misty directed.
"I have to go to the house first and pick up my poketch, I accidently forgot to bring with me to class," May said sheepishly. "And don't worry Leaf, I'll be back real quick so we can celebrate your birthday."
After we made it back to the house, May rushed upstairs to grab her poketch while the girls and I followed to put our backpacks in our rooms.
When I stepped into the hall, I noticed May frowning, "Is something wrong?" I asked.
"The acquaintance I'm helping was robbed yesterday and didn't notice it until late this morning. They've been trying to reach me all day," she said slightly frustrated. "I'll try to be back in time for our dinner reservation."
"No worries, take your time. I figured we might skip our plans and stay here," Leaf admitted.
"Nonsense, we are going out and that is final," May stated firmly. "If I'm not here in time, I'll meet you at the restaurant."
She then raced out leaving the girls and I in the hall, "Why don't we call PHPA to see if they know where the guys are at?" I suggested.
"I suppose, it's not like we have anything better to do," Leaf muttered.
"You girls go ahead, I'm gonna check up on my avatar since I haven't played in a few days," Misty said as went to get her laptop.
Leaf and I went downstairs to our command central and began to call Clair as Misty took a seat in a nearby chair.
"Hey girls, it's been a while," Clair answered as her picture appeared. "What can I do for you?
"Have the guys been requested to go on a mission?" I asked.
Clair shook her head, "We haven't had anything serious happen that we needed you to investigate. Why do you ask?"
"It's nothing, we were just curious since the guys have been gone since yesterday," Leaf explained.
"They probably left to game," I added.
"Alright, I'll talk to you later girls," Clair said as she ended the call.
"Well, I don't know if I'm pleased with that answer," I admitted.
"Um….girls," Misty called nervously. "I think I found them."
"Where?" I asked.
"In the game," she answered.
Leaf groaned, "Figured as much, they would be gaming their asses off due to the new update."
"No, they are literally in the game," Misty said worried as she turned her laptop to show us her screen.
Leaf and I looked to see avatars looking like the guys in the clothes they wore yesterday.
"I doubt that's them, there's no technology that can literally put you in the game," Leaf scoffed.
"But isn't it really strange to see avatars exactly like them in the exact clothes they wore yesterday," I argued.
Leaf sighed, "Okay fine, it is a tad bit strange, but how do we figure out if that's them. We don't even know where they are."
"I'll track their wallets. You do a search on diving-game technology," I directed as I started typing on the main computer.
"I'll keep an eye on where the avatars are heading. It looks like they're heading to Oredig Town," Misty reported.
I brought up the tracking numbers for the guys wallets only to discover that were located here.
"Great, the guys didn't take their wallets meaning we have no way to track them," I muttered in annoyance and worry.
"Hmm….." Leaf said in thought.
"Did you find something?" I asked.
"Actually yeah. There are rumors of a tech company called In-Tech Labs researching dive-in game technology for the game Sword of Destiny," Leaf explained as she pulled up multiple blogs discussing the rumor.
"What's that?" I asked.
"Technology that allows a person to put themselves in the game using the five senses. It's revolutionary technology that's similar to virtual reality. It's the most popular form of tech that's being researched at this time," Leaf explained.
"Maybe we should follow up and talk to this company," I suggested.
"Before we do anything, we should talk to May," Misty said. "She's the one who's most worried."
I then pulled out my compowder to call her only she didn't pick up.
"She's probably still helping that friend's acquaintance of hers," Leaf assumed.
"Probably," I agreed thoughtfully as I typed in the coordinates to track May.
"What are you doing?" Leaf asked as I entered the coordinates to show May at In-Tech Labs.
"Okay, this is starting to get strange," Misty commented suspiciously. "What's May doing at In-Tech Labs?"
"I don't know, but I guess we're going," I said with a sigh.
(Leaf's POV)
As we traveled to Celadon City, where ITL was located, I couldn't help but wonder what was going on. Where were the guys? Were they actually in the game? Why was May at ITL? Does she know about the dive-in tech?
We finally arrived and entered the building to find a receptionist sitting at the front desk.
"Can I help you?" she asked pleasantly.
"Hi, could you direct us to someone we could talk to about the dive-in game technology?" Dawn asked pleasantly.
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that. That information is classified," she answered in a tone that was too cheery for my taste.
I sighed in annoyance, "We're PHPA agents here to investigate the theft that occurred here," I said sternly.
"We didn't notify PHPA," she said slightly confused.
"You're superiors did," I lied. "If you be so kind as to lead us to them, we would appreciate."
"I suppose," she said in a tone that was debating whether or not to let us through.
"Right, follow me," she said as she stood up behind her desk.
She then guided us to the elevators where we went to the third floor. After walking a couple corridors, we stood in front of an office of a Mr. Antony Davis.
The receptionist then knocked on the door, "Dr. Davis, the PHPA agents are here to see you," she announced.
"What are you talking about, I certainly did not call PHPA to send agents down to investigate," he shouted gruffly from behind the door.
"Crap," I hissed.
"Denise?"
I turned around to find May with an older gentleman.
"It's okay Denise, they are friends of mine," May called.
"It's alright, go back to the front desk," the older gentleman said gently.
Denise nodded and left, "What are you girls doing here?" May asked surprised.
"It's a long story, is there somewhere we can talk?" Misty asked.
"Let's go into my office," the older guy suggested. "I suppose introductions are in order. I'm Dr. Marco."
"I'm Misty."
"I'm Dawn."
"And I'm Leaf," we introduced.
"It's a pleasure to meet you girls," Dr. Marco said with the smile.
"So what led you girls here?" May asked.
"We tried to figure out where the guys were. First we called up Clair who said that they hadn't been called in for a mission. Then Misty noticed avatars in SOD that look exactly like the guys, even to the detail of the clothes they were wearing yesterday. We then stumbled on the online discussion of dive-in game technology and tracked your compowder coordinates to here," I explained as we reached Dr. Marco's office.
"So what are you doing here?" Dawn asked.
"I'm here to help Dr. Marco develop that specific tech," May explained.
"How?" I asked.
"I'm letting him scan my brain to create a simulation in how the tech affects it," she explained.
"We're trying to keep this technology under secrecy, but I needed a way to run tests without releasing information. I then contacted a mutual friend of ours who suggested Miss Maple," Dr. Marco explained. "Then I learned that early prototypes were stolen some point yesterday."
"I came here to investigate as to who might have stolen them," May added. "So far I haven't found much."
"How many were stolen?" Misty asked.
"Four," Dr. Marco said.
"So the guys could be in the game right now," Dawn gasped.
"From what you girls are telling me, it is possible," Dr. Marco admitted. "But I'm very concerned. Those prototypes weren't ready to be tested."
"Why?" Misty asked worried.
"For one, it takes people into the game, but people cannot access their avatar. We also haven't created a way for people to log out of the game," Dr. Marco explained.
"What about just talking the tech off?" I suggested.
May frowned and shook her head, "Not unless you want very harsh repercussions both physically and mentally."
"Hmm…and you haven't developed a dive-in tech that can allow a person to use their avatar?" I asked.
"Actually, we have," a voice said as they entered Dr. Marco's office.
"I was sure we only had the four prototypes," Dr. Marco frowned. "Girls, this is Dr. Larkin. He's one of main creators of the technology behind dive-in gaming."
"So you actually have rigs that can access a person's avatars?" Misty clarified.
"Yes, we just finished making four new ones that are better than the prototype," Dr. Larkin explained.
"Maybe we could use those to dive in the game and save the guys?" Dawn murmured.
"No, it's too dangerous," Dr. Marco argued.
"Nonsense, it's perfectly safe," Dr. Larkin said calmly.
"But..," Dr. Marco protested as his office phone beeped.
"Yes Louise," Dr. Marco answered when pushing a button.
"Dr. Marco, you have a call on line 1," she said politely.
"Can it wait?" Dr. Marco asked slightly impatient.
"They say it's urgent sir," she answered.
"Come along girls, I'll get you set up while Dr. Marco takes his call," Dr. Larkin said smoothly.
I looked at the girls who looked slightly hesitant, but we followed Dr. Larkin out of Dr. Marco's office. We then walked down a series of corridors and hallways. While doing so, May was typing on her compowder at a furious pace.
"Everything okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, I just needed remembered that I needed to reply to someone's message from before," she explained as she sent it. She kept messaging this person til we reached we reached a lab with four beds and a headset on each.
"Okay, I need you ladies to take all electrical devices that you have and place them in this bin," Dr. Larkin explained as he grabbed a nearby bin.
"Why?" Misty asked slightly suspicious.
"The electromagnetic radiation from your devices will interfere with the gaming rig," he explained. "For your safety, it would be best if I collect your devices and put them a safe distance from the gaming rigs."
I looked at my compowder in my hand slightly hesitant before I put in the bin along with my poketch. The girls followed my lead as they surrendered their poketches and compowders.
"Excellent, now if you could pick a bed, you can put on the headset and lie done," Dr. Larkin instructed.
The girls and I did as he asked and picked a bed. I put on my head set and lied down.
"Give me a second and I will start up the game," Dr. Larkin informed as I tried to calm my heart down.
I didn't know what to expect causing me to feel slightly anxious. I closed my eyes and when I opened them, I saw myself falling to the ground and began screaming in panic. I then hit the ground with a thud.
I then rubbed my head as I sat up, "Holy Rayquaza," I said in awe as I looked around and it looked exactly like the real deal.
I then looked down at myself to see that I had the same clothes that I wore in real life, "Wait a minute, what happened to logging into my account?" I asked aloud.
I then gasped as I noticed that the girls weren't with me, "Misty! Dawn! May! Anyone here?" I shouted.
"Leaf!" I heard someone shout from a distance.
I ran towards the noise and saw Dawn, "Thank Mew you're okay," I sighed in relief. "Where's Misty and May?"
"Here," Misty said as we turned around to see her come up.
"What about May?" Dawn wondered.
"Here," May groaned as she pushed a branch out the way as she rubbed her head. "Ow that friggin' hurt."
"Umm…..May? Doesn't this have pain cancellation?" Misty reminded her slightly confused.
"It doesn't matter if it does, that still would hurt," May complained.
"Now that we found each other, what do we do now? We didn't log into our accounts?," Dawn said concerned.
"I had feeling this might happen," May muttered. "You see, I didn't really trust Dr. Larkin, but I went along with him because I didn't want him to think I was on to him."
"Ow, I just had an Ash moment, give a second to process what you just said," Dawn whined as she rubbed her temples.
After a few seconds, she took a deep breath, "Okay, I'm good."
"Anyway, I figured he might have been responsible for stealing those prototypes and trapping the guys," May explained.
"Why though?" I asked.
"I haven't figured that out," she said as we then heard loud thumps.
"Hide!" Dawn hissed as she shoved us into come bushes.
"Ow Pinky! What the Hell?!" Misty hissed.
"It doesn't matter for us to hide, they'll still find us," I muttered.
"Shut up!" Dawn snapped in a whisper.
The thumps became louder and we heard shouts, attacks, and spells in the distance.
"Someone must be fighting a monster, we should get out of here and get to a town," I advised.
"But where the hell are we and where's the closest town?" May asked.
I looked at the surroundings, "This almost looks like Froliths Wood and with the placement of the Ende and Silth moons, we should run this way," I said as I pointed toward the darker part of the woods.
"Please tell me you're joking," Misty muttered.
"Look, it's either we run into a fight or away from it," I argued.
"And into a monster," Dawn mumbled.
"Fine," May said giving in as the sounds of thumps and attacks got closer.
We then ran toward the darker part of the woods and after a while, we hit a clearing that had a town a couple yards away.
"Thank Arceus!" Dawn gasped.
"Soooo…where are we?" May asked.
"The Town of Salvane," I said proudly.
The girls gave me weird looks, "Just don't let it go to your head Leafy," Dawn muttered.
"Shut up, I got us here didn't I?" I retorted as we made our way into town.
"Just keep your ego in check, we're here to save the guy's asses and we need to be on our guard," Misty reminded.
"Well now that we made it here, let's see if we can find a quiet place to figure things out," May suggested.
"Let's go to the local inn, there should be one here," Misty said.
"Doesn't it cost money though?" May asked.
"Not necessarily," I said as we saw an inn and went inside.
We found a table in the corner unused and sat down, "So what do we do now?"
"We wait," May said causing the rest of us to look at her stunned.
"Excuse me? We wait?!" Dawn said slightly angry.
May frowned at her, "Yes, I'm waiting for a contact of mine to help us out."
"In game?" I asked.
She nodded, "Wait, were they the one you were messaging earlier?" I asked.
May nodded again, "Yes, he knows things and he's the only one that can help us out," she said.
"Cool, who is he?" I asked.
"I wouldn't know," she said as an npc waitress came by.
"Hello players, can I get anything for you today?" she asked pleasantly.
"No, we're good at the moment," I answered.
"Are you sure you don't want anything? Food? A drink?" she asked.
"We'll take some water," May answered getting the npc to leave so we could continue our conversation.
"What do you mean you don't know? How can you contact someone you don't know?" Dawn asked confused.
"Because he doesn't exist," May said with a slight smirk.
The girls and I gave her a confused look, "Okay, do we want to know?" Misty asked.
"Nope," she said ending the conversation meaning it was best if we didn't know.
The npc came back with glasses of water, "We'll let you know if we need anything else," May interjected quickly before the npc could speak again.
The npc nodded and walked away as a guy in a black cape came into the inn causing May to stand up, "Stay here."
"But….," Dawn protested only for May to raise her hand to shush her.
"This is really sketchy," Dawn complained as we watched May and the guy with the black cloak disappear.
"Tell me about it, this screams trouble," Misty muttered as she sipped her water.
"What do you think she's talking to him about?" Dawn asked.
"I don't know, hopefully something that will help us out," I answered.
After a few minutes, May returned and the guy in the black cloak left.
"Okay, let's go," she said as she reached our table.
"But we just got here," I protested.
"Doesn't matter, what we have to do now has to be done privately so move," May said with a slight snap.
We raised our eyebrows, but said nothing as we left the inn and followed May back into the forest.
"Here," she said as she handed us scrolls of paper when we reached the woods.
"What do we do with it?" Misty asked confused.
"This," May said as she swiped her hand down to bring up a panel that was white.
She then placed the scroll near it for the scroll to sink into the white. May then suddenly transformed into a white skirt that was high low with an off the shoulder halter top with short frill sleeves and gladiator sandals, but her most distinguishing feature was the fact she had Skitty like ears and a tail.
Ari: Again, I wasn't planning of posting this yet, but I figured I should give you guys something. The reason why I was conflicted about posting this is because I'm not done writing my plot arc yet. I try to not post anything until I finish writing the plot arc completely because then I can make edits in making sure all the story details are consistent so be grateful I went against my wishes! Just kidding, it was a pleasure to post this :). Anyway, now for the news as to the next update. Hopefully it will be soon. I already have another chapter finished within my word count range and have started the 3rd. I hope to finish writing out my plot arc within the week because I want to get it up before the end of the semester. At this point, I am where it is the calm before the storm, the anticipation that you know something is coming and you're waiting for it. What is this storm you may ask? Projects/papers and lots of them. I have so much writing I have to do for school, I'm afraid it's gonna kill me! So I want to upload all these chapters before I get swamped with school. I estimate a total of 2-4 chapters coming your way so be excited, be very excited!
Ari: *looks back at what she just wrote* Wow! I think that's the longest I've ever written for the after comments.
May: Something like that. *looks at the upcoming story* I still can't believe you had Le...
Ari: *glomps May and covers her mouth* NO SPOILERS! *turns to face the readers* Thanks so much in being patient with me and sticking around for this story. Til we meet again, be nice to kids, pets, and old people!