Well, I've been working on my fics again lately. Not writing them on paper, necessarily; that Muse is taking an extended vacation in the Caribbean. No, but I've begun typing again. It'll still be a while (I have twenty-plus pages on paper to transcribe), but at least I'm sort of up and running again.

And so I have a blurb and some random info for you guys. It's not CoL--sorry--but it is from the related Rangers of Chaos. It's the other half of my Predecessors story. I hope it lives up to expectations, and gives some insight into the previous Mystic Warriors. If it goes over well, I might write the history of the Ancients as a story as well. Right now, it's only a messy timeline that needs age adjustments and more key events realigned. But at least it exists, yeah?

Anyway, the blurb and info, right. First, my notes on the original Mystic Warriors from Predecessors.

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Leanbow: Red Mystic Warrior. Father of Nick, married to Udonna and chosen one of Fortis. Was Red Mystic Warrior because of his fire powers; originally believed to be the avatar of Ignos. A driven man, full of passion. Willing to defend his family to the end. Outspoken. Brought a strong sense of morals and justice to the team.

Lior: Blue Mystic Warrior. A calm, quiet psychic and artist. Knew when to speak and when not to. Serious, but knows when to relax. Quite empathic and intuitive. Always willing to help those in need. Words were always well thought out and deliberate. Very good at drawing/painting. Often illustrated the books Calindor kept. Name meaning "I see."

Cordula "Cordy": Pink Mystic Warrior. The heart and soul of the team. She comforted and connected them even through the toughest times. Connects with everyone she meets. Very active and loving. Friends with Elouan since childhood. Brought out the best in everyone. Loved to sew and sing. Name meaning "little heart."

Elouan: Yellow Mystic Warrior. A healer and potion master. Always imagining a new potion or idea. A little "out there." Could pull together anything into a potion or plan. Brought an irrepressible energy to the team. Could always lighten a heavy mood, but became gravely serious when things got bad enough. Very talkative. Sort of like Adam from Mythbusters. Used to be a traveling potion master, but had many eclectic talents (juggling, gymnastics, etc.) Name meaning "good light."

Fergus: Green Mystic Warrior. Grounded the team. A strong individual who was most ravaged by war. Physically, very strong, but emotionally as well. It takes a lot to make him angry/depressed. Quiet, friendly, responsible. Treats his plants as individuals. Could be found tending plants in the middle of the night occasionally. Patient. Name meaning "strong man."

Udonna: Avatar of Cias. Mother of Nick, wife of Leanbow, sister of Niella. Kind, intelligent young woman, occasionally prone to cold harshness. Tried to contain the mini-chaos of the group.

Niella: Gatekeeper and avatar of Luria. Mother of Clare, sister of Udonna, wife of Ambrose. A bit flighty and absent-minded, but able to focus when it comes down to the wire. Loved her family to death; died protecting them.

Ambrose: Husband of Niella, father of Clare. Thought to be the avatar of Fortis. An expert smith--made most all of the main groups' weapons. Even-headed, more in control of his emotions, but also playful, especially with Clare and later Bowen/Nick. Leader in Leanbow's stead. Name meaning "immortal."

Daggeron: Avatar of Solus. Apprentice of Leanbow. A headstrong young man, but ready to help a friend no matter the cost to him. Fiercely loyal, but cannot stand traitors. A knight in training, alongside Calindor. Disappeared during the Great Battle.

Calindor: Avatar of Reiku. Sarcastic, sometimes standoffish. Constantly reading a book and searching for more knowledge. Took the knowledge he gathered and applied it in new ways, developing tons of new spells. Wrote down everything in books.

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Just to tease (and maybe to get my Muse to catch an early flight home), here's a sampling of my character notes for the Dark Wish adaptation. Besides, maybe one person actually reads this anyway, so what am I spoiling?

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Madison - Quiet, reserved. Her parents’ execution pushed her further inward and into Chip’s arms. Doesn’t fight much - she simply gathers knowledge from behind books and the few surviving computers to combat the enemy.

Vida - Vengeful, bloodthirsty. Wants the utter destruction of the darkness. Her parents’ execution had the opposite effect on her as it did on Madison. A brilliant strategist and commander, but very single-minded.

Chip - Like Vida, but less intense about it. His uncle’s execution killed his fun, playful side, forcing him to become a cynical and jaded adult who no longer sees the world as black and white. Comforted Madison when she came to him. They are now a couple.

Xander - Desperate for peace. The execution of his family drove him to try and hold everything together within the only family he had left, his friends. He tries as hard as he can to hold them all together when Vida’s vindictive rage, Chip’s pessimism and Maddie’s reservation slowly destroy what they used to have.

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And now for the blurb...

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To say that she was surprised was an understatement. She moved her mouth, but no words would come out. Her hand gripped the door handle, knuckles appropriately white, as he smiled slightly at her. She knew she must have looked like a fish struggling for air, but at least she wasn’t flailing about. Yet.

"Hello, Udonna," he said pleasantly, as if he wasn’t a demi-god standing in her doorway and they were in fact old friends. "I don’t believe we’ve formally met, but I take it you know who I am." Finally, words seemed to unclog themselves in her throat.

"Snow Prince," she managed. "I-I wasn’t aware..."

current mood: determined

So... It's been a while. Quite a while.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

I guess I'm spreading myself too thin. Trying to have a social life, job and four fanfics at once is apparently not the great idea I'd once hoped. And school starts soon. Brilliant. As it is, I hardly have time to write a page or two each night. I'm not abandoning any of my fics, though. I'm going to see each one to their proper end, whether I know where that is right now or not.

And I wish I could give yu guys a little teaser or something, but I've got nothing.

Sorry.

I promise to update any of my fics eventually.

Pinky swear, even though I'm not allowed to.

God, I'm so lazy. It's almost been two months since I posted Chapter Five. I'm angry with myself for not being so vigilant about Chapter Six, but its been slow coming. I'm not even done with the rough draft yet. Blame a bad case of senioritis (even though I'm a sophomore) and the fact that Chapter Six is a ton of action sequences, which I'm terrible with. Right now, it's pushing 65 pages on paper and I'm not even halfway through the bare essentials of what the plotline needs. It's beginning to look like Chapter Seven will be apart of the Gatekeeper arc, too, otherwise Chapter Six will take an eon to write.

One a side note, I wrote a short one-shot to help with my writer's block (another delay on Chapter Six). It's loosely based on the Good Charlotte song My Bloody Valentine, and it's based within the continuity of the show, not CoD/CoL. It was interesting to write on my part, because my AU Nick is much more likeable, at least in my mind, and I bash him in this fic quite often. It sort of fucks around with the characters and what happened to them after the finale. I had a lot of fun though. It's pretty much my own crackfic, minus leprechauns and Mpreg. *shudders*

On another, random note, I've discovered a new obsession. Chocolate-covered espresso beans. Pure pwnage.

...Anyway, my MBV crackfic thingy should be ready within a week or so, and then I'll begin working on Chapter Six. With school out, I should be able to get more work in, not to mention get to reading the 28 books I have laying around. Here's hoping!

current mood: good

Yes, Chapter Four of Children of Light is up. Go me. I really should come up with more creative chapter titles, though... >_> I was thinking of Discoveries for Chapters 1-3. Good? Bad? Anybody?

Sorry about the lack of real action in Chapter Four. It was mostly there to set up this whole arc. Hopefully, you all liked it. It was a lot of fun to write, even if I did labor for two-and-a-half hours to write the last few pages and get it up. I actually finished it yesterday, but FF.net was being mean and kept giving me this error report, so I had to wait until today.

It did end up being longer than I'd envisioned, though. CoL is definitely going to be longer than CoD. With just four chapters, I'm at 56 pages on Word. CoD was 160, and that's with seventeen chapters. Chapter Five should be fun, as we get some action and truth-revealing, and it introduces an interesting new concept: Skank!Vida. Blame Joe. And don't ask. Just wait and see.

Anyway, with nothing more to say, here's a some more notes to amuse yourselves with, short character descriptions I keep around for fun. Keep in mind, all ages are as of right now. Nick's going to be having a birthday very soon(the two-year age discrepency is because his real birthday is in May, but his regular birthday is in August), followed by Xander, then Chip and finally Madison and Vida (they just had birthdays back in CoD). I know, confusing. Deal.

Nickolaus Aaron Russell
Age: 17 (technically 19)
Gender: Male
Eyes: Green (flecked with red as of CoD)
Hair: Dark brown, almost black
Height: 5'9"
Born: May 1987; birthday in August 1988
Notes: Adopted. Has a older sister, Gracey. His adoptive parents are constantly abroad for work, leaving Nick to stay with his local family, most often his grandparents. Moved to Briarwood to live with his sister Gracey for his senior year. Real parents are Leanbow and Udonna. Is half dark and half light, but resembles a dark child. Has balanced magic, but works for the light. Dating Madison.

Madison Kindra Rocca
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Eyes: Light grey-ish blue
Hair: Dark brown
Height: 5'5"
Born: July 1989
Notes: Vida's fraternal twin. Dating Nick. Able to use some dark magic because of her connection to Nick.

Xander Keaton Bly
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Height: 5'11"
Born: November 1988
Notes: An only child.

Vida Araceli Rocca
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Eyes: Light green-blue
Hair: Brown w/highlights
Height: 5'6"
Born: July 1989
Notes: Madison's fraternal twin.

Charles Lucien Thorn
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Red
Height: 5'10"
Born: January 1989
Notes: Nicknamed Chip. Hates being called Charles, or by his full name. Only survivor of the house fire that killed his parents and sister, Elle (nicknamed Elly). Now lives with his uncle.

>Yeah, they don't have very interesting notes. Just things to keep stuff straight in my mind. As far as general notes go, I can't post too many without giving away some plot. Sorry. You may get some edited versions, though.

current mood: cheerful

Ignos
The Ancient of Fire and Nick’s patron Ancient. Spell word - "Ig". He is the brother of Fortis.

Levitas
The Ancient of Lightning and Light and Chip’s patron Ancient. Spell Word - "Lev".

Viscan
The Ancient of Earth and Xander’s patron Ancient. Spell word - "Visc".

Aerika
The Ancient of Air and Vida’s patron Ancient. Spell word - "Aer".

Undelle
The Ancient of Water and Madison’s patron Ancient. Spell word - "Und".

Cias
The Ancient of Snow and Ice and Udonna’s patron Ancient. Spell Word - "Ce". Has a son, the Snow Prince, who was born after her change to Ancient, making him immortal.

Solus
The Ancient of the Sun and Daggeron’s patron Ancient. Spell Word - "Sol". Chooses only men to become Solaris Knights.

Luria
The Ancient of the Moon and the patron of all Gatekeepers. Spell Word - "Lua". Chooses only women to be her avatar, the Gatekeeper, and tries to pass it from mothers to daughters, if at all possible.

Fortis
The Ancient of Warrior Magic and Bravery, and Leanbow’s patron Mystic. Spell Word - "Fors". Takes the strongest warrior, magically and physically, as his avatar. Helped his brother Ignos develop fire magic before branching off to his own magic, giving his own followers a minor control over fire.

Reiku
The Ancient of Knowledge. Spell Word - "Riu". His few followers, eternal seekers of knowledge, can use small portions of each branch of magic after studying each, making them versatile but not exceptionally strong.

Aika
The Ancient of Time. Spell Word - "Ai". No longer supports her magic because it was abused, and punishes those who try to use it.

Pravus
Once best friend to Fortis and mentor to the Ancients, he joined the dark rebellion and led them, as Fortis led the light. He, too, forged a more powerful body and became the epitome of all dark magic. Eventually died like the others when they joined together to fight against the humans, but only to insure that his power would live on and that his people would have a place in the new dimension. Ascended to an omnipotent state like the others and now fuels all dark magic. Spell word - "Rava".

Luxulieris
Ancient of all good magic. Once a mentor to the Ancients, she was crushed when Pravus joined the darkness. Helped create the Underworld with Luria. Spell Word - "Lux".