Acknowledgements
Thank you to each and every person who read this story, or even just clicked on it, got disinterested, and clicked back out. It would have never gotten finished if I hadn't've gotten all of the encouragement that I got from all of you. I enjoyed writing this story more than I can express, and I hope you got some joy out of reading it as well. My deepest thanks goes out to all of you, and I want to thank as many of you personally as I can because I am just SO incredibly thankful. You all are awesome, and I just want to make sure you know it.
First off, thanks to everyone who favorited this story. It made me happy beyond belief to know that you liked reading my story and thought that it was worth noting. This includes:
Alaizabel Marks
Commandos
Evil Unipotata
Hunter135
I-am-awesome21
Infinity.22
Monachopsis
Seventeenforeverxoxo
Smithtwins2016
Vader36
alays 59
authorlouise
booklover457
divergenttrilogyyy
freefordogs
juliet1023
justices
kenfromhus
literacygirls
melissa.326
minerbuilder12
polybi
soccergirlx
thekeeblerelf
Next off, thanks to those of you who left a review! I was glad to hear you were enjoying the story, and the ones that were criticisms- I took some of those suggestions and ended up liking my story even more after! I especially liked adding David in as a more prominent character; the connection he and Emma share is so adorable. I would like to thank some of my reviewers personally:
DrakiraDormiens~ "This story is amazing so far! Your writing is immaculate and I love your plot!" (c3) Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!
Andria (guest reviewer)~ You left so many reviews that I couldn't choose just one! Thank you for your support!
Guest~ "Awesome start!" (c4) Great! It means a lot to me that you like it!
Xitsemma "Great story!" (c8) Thank you :D
Guest~ "Where's David? As her father, he's as important a part of 'her family' as Snow and Henry. And more important than Regina." (c8) Right. I agree, and I added him in partially because of this comment. I actually enjoyed the story a whole lot more myself when David took on a slightly more serious role!
Dinah (guest reviewer)~ "Love it so far!" (c8) Aww! Many thanks!
Guest~ "How did Mary Margaret leave town with only half a heart. She should have dropped dead at the town line. Plus we know from 4.02 she breastfeeds. No way would she be able to leave Neal. Just another mama Snow fan makibg David unimportant to his daughter:(" (c9) Whoops! I didn't mean to make David unimportant in the beginning, the multitude of characters was just overwhelming for me. I had to pick and choose a select few. But David was added in there, and it made the story infinitely better! Thanks!
OnceuponCaptainSwan~ "Very good story can't wait to read another emma chapter…" 9 (c11) Thank you for the sweet review!
Ni Castle- "Finally!" (c14) I know, right!
Hunter135~ "Omg, i 100% want more of this, I cried" (c16) Glad you were enjoying it!
Kenfromhus~ "nice" (c18) Haha, thanks
Guest~ "I like this story! It's different, in a good way. Kudos" (c19) Thank you! I'm glad to hear my story doesn't merge and blend with the thousands of other Once fanfictions out there! Sticking out is good!
Guest~ "When is Emma going to reunite with her fqther. I hate how he's been sidelined in this story." (c20) You weren't alone on this one! Thanks for saying something; the story was astronomically better WITH David!
Melissa.326~ "CONTINUE! It's off to a wonderful start…don't quit! Can't wait to read more!" (c22) Thank you for sticking with me when I was unsure of whether to continue or not! I'm glad that I did go on with the story!
Alaizabel Marks~ "I really like this story. You seem to capture the characters very well. I was wondering if you were gonna incorporate anything from the teaser trailer in this." (c23) Thanks! I actually forgot to respond to your comment… I don't think I incorporated anything from the TRAILERS, but there is some Season 5 lurking in there somewhere.
Polybi~ "Masterpiece. Few writers have delved into the relationship between David and his daughter. And in all the SQ Vs CS controversy, we keep forgetting this held off an army while holding his little girl in his arms. This is what good dads for. Thanks for this. Keep this going. Please." (c22) Ahh… my favorite review of all! Thank you so much; I'm glad you think I did a good job with this story!
Jcat30~ "I like this story, please continue!" Thanks!
Juliet1023~ "…very interesting story" (c25) Glad you like it!
Guest~ "I don't know why, but Emma just doesn't seem right with brown hair...I keep picturing Cameron instead of Emma...
When will she go back to blonde...?
I'm weird about these things, sorry...
Great chapter!" (c31) I know, the brown hair was weird for me, too (who's Cameron?). Don't afraid to be weird! It's the best kind of different!
Jade~ "You better post on Saturday! I can not handle not reading!" (c33) I upheld my promise; I'm sorry that chapter 35 had to be the last chapter!
Onceuponcaptainswan~ "Noooo :( I dont want it to be finish in one chapter. i love the dark swan so much but youve done an amazing job with this story :)" (c34) Thank you, and sorry for having to end the story! If you need something else to read, there are tons of fantastic new Once fanfictions being posted every day. Or, I'm posting a new story today. You can start that
Xitsemma~ "OMG" (c34) I.K.R! I said the same thing!
Also, thanks to all who followed this story because they wanted to keep reading it! I am so grateful! This includes:
125BACamp
aball147
Adels45
Alaizabel Marks
Alays 59
Artsoccer
Authorlouise
Beverlie4055
Bloodymary2
Cebyk
Divergenttrilogyyy
DrakiraDormiens
Evil Unipotata
Firefly154
HKcookie
Hunter135
I-am-awesome21
Ihaveseentherain
iiFangirlii
Infinity.22
Jcat30
Jhenny23
Juliet1023
Justices
KarenDani4Ever
Kiluvi
KooshGID
LDH
LisaaM
Literacygirls
Mamawolf2
Maritexxam
Melissa.326
Minorshan
MISSwickedforgood
Monachopsis
Mynameis1827
Niafong
OnceuponCaptainSwan
Polybi
Revengest
SayImADreamer
Seventeenforeverxoxo
Smithtwins2016
Tibetan mastiff
Vader36
Wetsoks
xitsemma
Finally, thanks to everyone who read or looked at this story in general. It kept my morale up to see that you were still intrigued and reading, whoever you are.
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." – Lao Tzu
Thank you for taking that first step with me, and for staying with me until the end.
All my love,
Jen Hunt