WOO! WE'RE DONE! Haha.
So after I finished reading Chapter 12 (or, technically, 13 with the Preface included) over (before I posted it) I realized how obvious it was that Edward was in the castle. So I put that little Author's Note in there saying not to expect anything. But really, we had been extremely secretive about his whereabouts all throughout the story—we felt we should throw you guys a bone. Haha.
There's still many, many questions to be answered, and we know and apologize for the kind-of cliffhanger. But everything will be answered in the sequel. Promise.
A couple points I wanted to bring up before the sequel, though:
a) Bella did witness a death by Victoria back in her dream in Chapter 6 (Or 7, if you're including the Preface). It just wasn't Edward's—so who died? The answer is somewhere in this story, but you just have to look hard. I'll give you a hint; it's in one of the chapters where we mentioned a lot of foreshadowing. If you have any ideas, review.
b) As we've stated a billion and a half times before, there is a sequel. However, I'm about to reveal a strange bit that I've told one person (aside from Ben, who thought it up. Haha.) The sequel will not be in Bella's POV. :) Review with your guesses of whose POV it'll be from.
If you review with the correct answer to both A and B, we'll send you the entire prologue of the sequel, Author's Notes and all. We won't, however, be able to elaborate on either of the answers.
If you only get one correct (we won't tell you which one), we'll reply with half the prologue. If you don't get either right... well, as a token of our appreciation for trying, we'll send you the first paragraph of the prologue. :P
Also, just kind of for fun, we'd like to hear what you want to happen and what you think will happen. You won't win any prizes for this (mostly because we don't have much to give out), but we'd love to hear your predictions.
Just a last few things;
1. Thank you all SO much for EVERYTHING. Seriously, your reviews always make our days. Special shout outs: JenRar who reviewed every chapter, even when she wasn't sure we wanted to keep reading and put her trust in us to make the sequel amazing. We love you JenRar! We'd also like to mention our other faithful reviewers, such as bridget cullen, sometimestheycallmejackie, JackieWackie, and fiberkitty, as well as our very first reviewer; miakarn. And, of course, mine and Ben's friend, Simi, who's the only person besides Ben and myself who know what's going to happen. Allie's special shout out: To my friend LILYLAYLEE for getting so excited every time I gave her another hint about the sequel, and for all the in-depth Twilight discussions we have during Journalism. :P
2. The sequel is still on for being out next Friday. We've got the prologue written. (Keep in mind, a prologue and a preface are different—prologues are just a random bit with the characters in the story, and prefaces often give insight to the climax of the story. We're having a prologue for the sequel.)
3. We would love to get to 100 reviews before the sequel. It would be amazing. You have no idea. If you do that, Ben and I will post TLiF sooner than originally planned. :D
4. Epilogue will be posted tomorrow-ish. It's done, just being edited. :)
5. Just FYI; if you didn't notice before, Ben and I always post the songs for the next chapter early, before we post the chapter. The songs, 99 of the time, will give you insight to the upcoming chapter. It'll continue with the sequel and TLiF. :)
5. ARE YOU READY TO HEAR THE TITLE OF THE SEQUEL?! I know you are. The title will be called... Turning Eighteen. :o But Ben and Allie, what does that MEAN?! That, my friends, I cannot tell you.
Ben and I are off to celebrate our finishing of the story. WOOT! As much as we'd love you to join us, we figured that'd be a bit... well, expensive to fly you all to Seattle. Tonight. Haha. We'll respond to all reviews, as always. Just don't get too excited if it's not until tomorrow. :)
You guys better have a wicked awesome day. I know Ben and I will. :)
For the last time as WHWHW,
-cALLIEfornia BENches