So, time for the final author's note for this fanfic... EVER. First of all, let's get through all my mushy-gooshy writer stuff before I move onto what you really want to read.

Sentimental Stuff... Sorta

Here's the long and short of it: I've been working on this fanfic for 16 months. Aside from the occasional week or two where I was unable to write a new chapter in time, that means I was updating this fanfiction weekly for my entire senior year of high school. All of my creative energies were going into this story during these past months, and there's no doubt in my mind that when I think about this time of my life (the stresses of senior year, the summer anxiously waiting for college, and the actual first month or so of my college life), this story will get more than a brief mention.

And whether you're reading this author's note the day after I post it or a year later, the fact that you're reading it probably means that read the whole story, which means you shared in those 16 months of my life. Sure, I know it is highly doubtful that that means much to you; most of you probably just wanted to read a some pokémon fanfic or another, and you happened to stumble across my lengthy ramblings. Regardless, it means a lot to me. To all of you who have read the story, my sincerest thanks goes out to you. (And even more sincere thanks goes out to those amazing people who reviewed... And if you haven't reviewed, it's not too late! Do it now! ^_^)

Closing Notes on the Fic Itself, and Possibility of a Sequel

Okay, here's some stuff that wasn't directly (or, in some cases, even indirectly) mentioned within the fic concerning the ending.

Firstly, the other things that Eve was excited to tell Arceus and Mew as they left the Original Dimension. Mainly, Fate just wanted to be kind to them and make it so that all of them could live mostly normal lives (aside from the fact that they're immortal). All of them can transform into any being, be it pokémon or human. However, their true forms are still what define them: Mew is still Mew whatever she looks like (and always has been), and Arceus is still Arceus. Eve is the only exception: she always had the soul of a pokémon, but she lived like and was raised as a human. Therefore, her nature is one of duality. Both her human form and her Mew form can be considered who she truly is. This is how Eve (mother of all the living) was able to essentially allow both pokémon and humans to be reborn into their own new worlds. As either a human or a pokémon, she wouldn't have been able to do that, just like how Mew was originally only able to create pokémon while Arceus could create only humans.

I've received several questions about me maybe making a sequel... I'll admit that the chances are small. Though Eve's story isn't over in the sense that she is still alive and not everything is happily-ever-after, I meant for this to be where her tale ends. I can't even think of how I'd make a good story to follow up on this one. She could be traveling through time and space searching for her old friends, I suppose... Yet I can see that ending up as something trivial when it's compared to the world-changing quality of her quest in this fic.

Of course, I could at any moment have a sudden burst of inspiration compelling me to write a sequel the likes of which the world has never seen before... But I doubt it. So don't hold your breath, please.

And... My next fanfic!

If you would, please be so kind as to go to my fanfiction profile page (in another window, of course), and from there go to my homepage, which is my deviantart account. Go on. I'll wait.

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You there? Good. As you can see, I suck at drawing stuff. I'm an author, not an artist. However, there's some cool stuff you might want to check out. I have a rough picture of Eve and her five pokémon up on there, which I'm pretty darn proud of considering I, like, never draw anything. Took FOREVER. It's not 100% accurate (since my artistic abilities - or lack thereof - can only do so much), but it's roughly Eve and her team at the end of the story.

However, there is a drawing that's much more important, at least in my eyes... 'Cuz it looks a lot better. It's the cover page for my upcoming Pokémon Mystery Dungeon fanfic, PMD: Defenders of Warmth. It's mainly just there as a teaser for all of you as an author's desperate attempt to get you interested in the fanfiction before it's even started.

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What's that you say? You're not very interested in it based on that picture alone? Well, then let me just post a prologue/teaser chapter for you! It should be up by the time I post this author's note, so go to my fanfiction profile and check it out! Sadly, even this prologue chapter doesn't really reveal anything (hence the fact that it's also a teaser), so you'll just have to add that prologue to your watch list so that you know exactly when I start releasing chapters...

And about when will that be, you ask? Well, my best guess is in another two months... I wouldn't delay, except for two circumstances. One, I really, REALLY want to wrap up my Shugo Chara fanfic that's been in and out of limbo a lot... I'll probably just gecko end it in a couple chapters, though, so that won't take long. Two, I have recently been told that November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, or just Nano), and I'm seriously considering attempting it at the cost of my sanity (I'd have to write 2 to 2.5 times as much as my norm for releasing weekly chapters, which would be crazy). There might also be a small-time publishing opportunity offered through my college if I finish and it's any good, so that'd partly influencing my decision.

So that's why the new fanfic probably won't be out sooner. But fret not! I'm very excited about it (as you can tell by this being the longest section of the Author's Note by far), and I plan to fix everything that I feel wasn't great about this fic, including:

Pacing (there were some points in this fic where I feel like it was dragging)

Character Development and a somewhat more character-driven plot (I always feel like my characters suck... It's probably just author's paranoia, but still... I'm really, REALLY going to be focusing on this in the new fanfic)

Not switching around the names of characters (I still don't even know why this happens...)

So yeah! Be excited! ^_^

...And that's all I really have to say. Thanks again to all of you!

And in a moment of both sadness and happiness, I now *OFFICIALLY* declare this fanfic COMPLETED!