Thank you so much to everyone who is standing by me with this. I admit that I feel pretty rubbish at the moment, having my story Next Generation: Change, and myself, under scrutiny like this. I feel physically sick whenever I think about it.

After re-reading the reviews I got informing me of my 'blatant plagiarism', I have found that the 'story' I have apparently copied from is actually a Next Generation Role-Play.

I can hand-on-heart say that it is impossible for me to have copied this story, even subconsciously, since I have never taken part in or read a role play, Vampire Academy or otherwise. I didn't even realise they existed until a couple of weeks ago, when this story was already nearly finished (I started writing it on New Years Day). I have no inclination to look at these role plays, much less steal from them, as personally the concept doesn't appeal to me. I read fanfic, I write stories, and that's it.

The author whose role-play I have been accused of stealing belongs to Samwysesr, and she has a very clear warning on her profile about what will happen to plagiarists. The reviewer who accused me said that she had contacted this author to inform them of the alleged plagiarism. I am quite a paranoid person and am known for being a terrible worrier, and hate getting in any kind of trouble. I don't cope well in these situations, and have to say I am taking this hard. I'm afraid of getting my stories taken down, account deleted and everything else bad that happens to alleged 'plagiarists'. I know I have nothing to hide and that this story is completely my own, but it is in my nature to always think the worst.

I will be PMing the author I allegedly stole off to try and sort this out, I already reviewed their story to explain yesterday, and hopefully they will understand that I have done nothing wrong. I hope that by explaining myself, this will all work out alright.

However, for now, I'm so sorry to say that I won't be updating any of my existing stories, or putting up new ones. I'm not even sure if I'll ever get this sorted (there's my pessimism showing through). I won't add anything new to my stories in case my account gets taken away- I would lose enough as it is.

I hope that everything can be resolved soon, and that I'll be able to reward you for your patience with a flood of updates in the near future.

Thank you so much to those of you are supporting me with this- please look out for updates what is happening. Please stay in touch via reviews- I feel alone in this, but your support is helping me so much. I hope everything will be alright and I can remain on this site with you great people.

Just to reiterate, the story under scrutiny is 'Next Generation: Change'. I am posting these notes on 3 different stories so I can alert as many of my reader as possible to what is happening, as I know you don't all read all of my stories.

As much as I hate authors notes, I'll probably have another one for you soon. Hopefully with good news. Please bear with me on this, and your patience will be rewarded with lots of new chapters and stories. Until then, stay with me, and keep an eye out for updates.

Thank you, ~ Dimitri's . Smexi . Shewolf x

P.S- Emilie Brown- Thanks for your offer; I'd love to discuss having a cover made once this has all died down and if the future of my stories is secure again.