The Beginning is the End is the Beginning

by derlil

When 20-year-old Brenna transfers schools to escape her troubles, she may find that she's bitten off more than she can chew. Struggling to maintain changing friendships and a resurgence of her past, she seeks comfort in a group of five boys. Is this the beginning of something great, or the end of the line for her? Modern day AU.

16. A Note from the Author

And here it is – the final chapter. If you made it this far, then seriously, thank you so much. I started writing this Fanfiction about a year and a half ago and in the time since I started it, it went through five full revisions in order to cram in everything I wanted to in there and to get it to a place where I felt comfortable sharing. And then, even after typing it all up, I wasn't sure if I ever wanted to post it online because of how different it is from the typical fan fiction, which was kind of the point if I'm being honest. I've lurked in the community for years reading other authors' stories and always found myself getting really frustrated about characters not acting like themselves. A lot of times I would be really into a story but would have to put it down because I found myself angry about the vampires not acting like terrifying vampire monsters would or the vampire aspect almost being dropped entirely in order to pursue a romance. I know a lot of people probably anticipated or wanted my story to end that way (and in my defense there are some hidden clues about what likely happened after!) but that was never really how I envisioned this story and I wasn't going to force romance in, even if that meant my fic would be less popular.

So anyway, that's all she wrote! I don't really have any plans for a sequel unless there's some huge outcry for one or something. And if you are interested in a sequel, I'd really like to know what you would want to be covered in it.

In the meantime, feel free to ask any questions that have been nagging at you which you feel like I didn't answer and I'll try to post my responses in an update chapter after my vacation to Japan that I'm leaving for in just a few hours (wooo!) Other than that, there's a ton of tricky little secret Easter Egg type things I wedged in throughout the story that haven't been pointed out to me yet, so let me know if you come across any!

And again, thank you so much for sticking with me! Whether you've been a consistent reviewer or just left a comment once, or even if you're lurking out there like I tend to do, it really touched me that anyone would be willing to read things I imagined up. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart!