I promised myself I'd never do this, and I am truly sorry.
I feel this story has completely lost its touch and the chapters keep getting shorter. The updates are coming with longer intervals in between.
I'm just not happy with this story.
I would be happy to let somebody adopt this story if they think they could salvage it. Just PM me and I will post your name on a "chapter". We could even have a couple of people taking it in different directions.
Who knows, maybe I'll come back and start a new fanfiction one day, but for now it's goodbye.