Authors Note:
VERY IMPORTANT!
Before any of you panic, this is not me declaring I'm abandoning this story. Trust me, I'm too involved now to even think about giving it up. If I did, I'd probably go over the edge with insanity.
On the contrary, this authors note is to inform all of you about the changes I've done to this story. Over the last few months I've edited, re-edited and even re-written in some cases, parts of this story. To some of you, you might find that shocking, thinking the story was fine as it was. Well tough! I didn't like it so I changed it. In fact, this particular quote comes mind:
"I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles."
~ Shannon Hale
It was my first draft of the first 20 or so chapters and to me, they were not perfect so I had to change some of them. Sometimes the changes aren't obvious - heck, some chapters I can't even remember if I changed anything since I only have the new improved version saved in my mind, and not the old version. I'm sure you'll be able to spot the big changes though, and I'd advise re-reading the story as although the story line as a whole hasn't changed, there is new information to take in, and even better scenes to read.
Moreover, as a reward for waiting so long, I condensed the chapters down to only 20, meaning chapters 21, 22 and 23 will be completely brand new, unseen chapters to sink your teeth into. Thats right: NEW CHAPTERS! Chapter 21 is the only one up at the minute, but hopefully that'll change in a week or two. I thought you all deserved it since this story has had over 30,000 views, nearly 80 reviews, 90 favorites and nearly 150 followers, which might I add, I all absolutely LOVE you ALL for.
Of course, if you have literally just read this story after I updated, just ignore everything I just said. Chances are you've already read the edits and new chapters. Hope you enjoyed them.
Also, I just wanted to make it clear that this is a completely AU story, and I mean COMPLETELY AU. I'm afraid that my love of Sci-Fi and fantasy has taken over the story, creating a completely new world for our favorite characters to live in. If you don't like it, it's time to turn around - after the three chapters are finally posted, its only going to get more crazy from here. ;)
