Hey guys.

You can't see it right now, but I'm bowing my head in shame.

I have always hated authors who leave their stories abandoned without any signs as to why or when they would return. But as it stands, I have become one of them. For that, I am deeply regretful.

I made a promise to myself when I decided to start writing:

1. I will never abandon my stories.
2. They will always be finished, if not, they would be open for adoption; and three
3. I will grow as a writer and never allow myself to stagnate.

Sadly, only one of those promises held true in the past 5 years.

HOWEVER!

I have returned to ffnet and I am here to stay.

Honestly speaking, I've fallen out of the fairy tail fandom back in 2014. There were simply many things happening in my life at that time, and when I finally decided to get back on track, too many situations and events happened in Fairy Tail and I just couldn't force myself to jump back in. Aside from that, I started writing FMN when I was in my early teens. I'm in my early 20's now (holy shit I'm old) and so many things will change.

My writing style has developed, my ideas evolved, and the overall feel of my stories would be different. I'm hoping that my previous readers would not be deterred and instead find it refreshing to see a different take on the story. To be perfectly candid, as I read through FMN, I found myself cringing and laughing at how naive I was back then. It's still a good story, but compared to how I write nowadays, it's like it was written by a naive 13 year old, which it actually was.

Anyway.

I've opened the email I use for this account and frankly speaking, I am overjoyed and overwhelmed at the constant stream of support and interest FMN still gets since the last time I checked on it. The most recent email I got from ffnet is a notification that someone added me as one of their favorite authors, and it simply boggles the mind.

Thank you. Because of all of you, I feel like I haven't failed as an author.

Fair warning.

I am still in the process of uni as well as looking for work, so FMN will have sporadic updates at best, and month long hiatus' here and there. But, I have learned to balance my time wisely and will never disappear for five years without at least a warning. I'm really very apologetic about that.

Love you lots,

Sila.