Hey! I'm from reverse tag, and I fell in love with the 'Gone' series at the first book. This should be a blast!

Interesting that this fic takes place after the FAYZ is gone. I've always wanted to see a canon story about this time, so the timeline here already has my attention.

"That shouldn've been her...": The way you write this whole paragraph tugs at my heartstrings. Honestly, Diana is one of my all-time favorite characters from the series, and my heart was in knots after reading the ending of her POV. It really should've been her - and so many others - being able to act like all those kids who didn't suffer the FAYZ. Though Caine was a villain for most of the series and didn't survive, I wish he and Diana got a HEA.

I love the bit about comparing the Thing with Orc. Not only does it make good commentary on the similarities between real-world fantasy and the FAYZ, the comparison does justice to Orc's character as a whole. In the end, he might now have been a completely good guy, or even a normal one, but he did earn his stripes as a hero, and I'm glad Diana (and you) acknowledge that.

"She walked past a mother with her baby picking out cute costumes.": Gah, this sentence is so full of emotion and cruel irony. I wish I could give Diana a big hug, even if she might not appreciate it.

Thus Striketh the Grammar Nazi (SPaG):

- In the summary, shouldn't FAZY be FAYZ?

- "What she considered the worst of all she'd been...": There should be a colon between "all" and "she". Otherwise, this is a run-on sentence.

- "...a long as she lived.": The "a" should be "as".

- I'm not totally against a fic with lots of brief sentences (they can add to the bluntness and bleakness of the setting) but you have several fragments that can't really stand on their own and would be more powerful combined with a previous or subsequent sentence. I may be nitpicking, but I'd recommend a beta for this issue.

Though short, this is a very well-written piece, especially for Diana. I love it. Great job!

Awww this one shot is so nostalgic, I was just sad thinking about all the dead characters that I loved. Anywho, kudos on Diana's perspective on Halloween; it was very in-character which I enjoyed :)

Woah that was amazing