To my readers…

So, I need to address the status of my stories...seeing as I'm rapidly approaching the one-year mark since my last update.

I'm really, really sorry to say this, but I don't think I'll be finishing them. :( I feel just awful about that decision; no one puts more pressure on themselves to update and finish stories than the author of them. I feel terrible that I've let them sit for so long, only to return to say that they won't be finished. I hate letting you down, but I refuse to write when my heart isn't in it anymore. (Don't get me wrong, I still LOVE Moonlight, and always will...but my ML writing muse has moved to the Bahama's, and from what I can see, has decided to settle down there.)

There is another reason I am setting my stories aside, and that is my book. I want to make my living as a writer. My dream is to walk into Barnes and Noble one day and see my book sitting on the shelf. And as much as I love writing fanfiction, ultimately, it keeps me from achieving my goals with my own writing. Recently, I have come up with some new ideas for an original story, and I want to devote all of my writing energies to completing a first draft in around a year. I'm so excited about it! :D

So, for these reasons, I am retiring my stories. I've decided to post some concluding summaries for each of them, so that there could at least be a sense of closure.

I also want to say, how honoured I am to have been able to write for such a wonderful audience. I love all my readers! You guys are the best, and I treasure all the comments you've left me. Writing fic for this fandom is one of the best things that ever happened to me, because it introduced me to all you wonderful people. :)

So here is the concluding summary of what I had planned for "Moulin de la Galette." I had hoped to wrap it up with two more longish chapters…

Moulin de la Galette: Concluding Summary

In the present part of the story, Mick was able to track down the painting. He encounters Emilie, (Marianne, Josef's love from the past), realizes she is a vampire—he kinda befriends her, and convinces her to meet with Josef.

In the past, Josef is forgiven by Renoir—Renoir doesn't have a problem that Josef aka, "William" is a vampire, he was just angry that William lied to him. Their friendship is renewed, Josef's secret is all water under the bridge, and Renoir decides to begin again on "Moulin de la Galette". (so that is how I both destroyed the painting, and managed to have it still around in the present. :D ) Josef mopes around Renoir's studio, because Marianne refuses to see him or speak to him. He and Renoir have many conversations about vampirism, and Renoir begins to think he wants Josef to turn him. Josef refuses—he says he could never do that to his friend, that Renoir would not be suited for a life as a vampire—he loves life too much. Renoir lets the matter drop for the moment.

Later, Renoir asks Josef to fetch something from the attic for him—while Josef is up there, the floorboards give way, and he falls to the studio below, and is momentarily knocked unconscious. Renoir hurries to help him, but before Josef regains his senses, Renoir, taking advantage of Josef's unconsciousness, catches some of his blood in a vial, thinking he could use it to turn himself if Josef continued to refuse.
Back to the present—Mick brings Josef to meet Emilie/Marianne and the two lovers see each other for the first time in the present….both of them faint. ;D

Chapter 5 opens with Josef recovering, he endures a lot of fussing from Mick, and then rushes to Marianne's side—she has yet to recover from her faint. Mick is curious how Josef could not have known that Marianne was "alive" so Josef tells him the rest of the story.

Back to the past, Renoir tells Josef he must go to Marianne—Josef follows his advice, and in desperation goes to Marianne's house and begs for her to forgive him. Marianne refuses, rejects his love, rejects him, and tells him she never wants to see him again. Josef leaves, heartbroken. :'( Marianne goes to Renoir's to seek comfort, because even though she told Josef she didn't love him, she still has feelings, and is broken hearted by her actions. All this time she has been trying to convince herself that she doesn't love "William" anymore, and has nearly succeeded. As she approaches Renoir's home, Solveig who was waiting in the shadows of the house for Josef, shoots her instead, and runs off into the night.

Renoir, hearing the shot, rushes from his studio, to find Marianne bleeding to death. She realizes she loves Josef, and begs Renoir to go find him, so she can forgive him before she dies. Renoir tells her that she can yet be with William/Josef and he offers her Josef's blood instead, sacrificing his own shot at immortality for Marianne's happiness. So Marianne is turned by Josef's blood.

Josef runs into Solveig, on the way to Renoir's. He smells Marianne's blood on her, and demands to know what happened. Solveig tells him Marianne's dead, and Josef senses that she is telling the truth (because Solveig truly believes she killed Marianne). In a rage, Josef kills Solveig. Heartbroken, he flees Montmartre, without returning to Renoir. Thus he remains unaware that Marianne is a newly turned vampire.

Back in the present, Marianne wakes, and Josef and her are reunited, and Marianne reveals that she still loves Josef. All is forgiven, and Marianne, Josef, and Renoir's painting all go home. So, a happy ending. :)