Wanna asks where our updates are? Wanna ask how our updates are going? Wanna ask us about our day? Wanna tell us about your day? Find us on Twitter, Welcome_to_Storytime, @wtst_jean_diana :)

Introductions, we are identical twins from Narnia, Middle Earth, New Zealand.

We are both avid readers, between the two of us we could get through over fifty books a year, well used to. Since leaving school, books have been put on the shelf (unwillingly).

The names we go by are deviations of our real names, that's a internet safety thing.

We were born in 1995 and have graduated High School. Diana is working and Jean is doing a University degree in Early Childhood.

We are writing our own original story as well as Fanfiction, the story is Jean's but Diana has been doing setting design (Former Geography Student).

We've read some books where stories on Fanfiction were better yet somehow the author managed to get it published, so after some of your reviews, we have high hopes, sorta.

We don't do sappy, we try to make our characters as well rounded as possible but we are not romantics, in fact we would go as far as saying we are not emotionally driven most of the time.

Which is good in some situations but stunts us in writing more emotional scenes. Our stories have the ongoing theme of Family, or Family Dynamics. Romance is background or suggested if featured at all.

We have the belief that teenagers have this need to validate themselves by being in a relationship, no matter how short lived. We make our characters rounded with self validation and self worth and like to build lasting, healthy relationships, not necessarily (it took us far too long to spell that word) romantic. Sorry for getting serious, some things younger siblings learn from the older and elder are better than any self made life lessons.

Feel free to read through and secretly judge, we all do it.

And because we can't sign off a letter to save ourselves,

Here Endth this Note

Stories we are writing.

#Jam Transit Hyems, Translates to Now the Winter is passing, Post-Scorpia Rising, 'bout a year and a half has passed since then.

#Birthday Wishes, JTH universe. Pre JTH but can be a standalone

#Alphabetical: Truths About Alex, Drabbles in Alphabetical order, our personal cure for writers block, personal headcannons

Stories we have completed (short list)

#Of Curiosity and Barrels, JTH universe, Post JTH but can be standalone.

Our Rules of Writing.

1. No Mary Sues, for the love of all that's sane, every single one should be murdered very painfully.

2. The dead whose bodies were found, stay dead that means no Yassen, No Ian, No Ash etc. ( This is more of a guideline than a rule, it just makes things more simple, but we will go against it). Actually don't think we ever planned to follow this rule #JTH

3. No Slash! You know what we're talking about, those stories where the character is stripped of everything they are so they can paired with whoever to do whatever. Seriously, just NO! We're mentally disturbed enough as it is.

4. No Self Inserts! This has become very common and is now a pet peeve of ours.

5. We will name and shame, so don't Flame. (Or just laugh at it, we do that)

Constructive criticism however, is welcomed.

6. "Speak proper England, like what I do", Grammar, Correct us when we are wrong.

IF You Review, Please note this,

Diana is most likely to be the one that reads them first and reply as our account is connected to her email.

But reading off screens is difficult for her, so paragraph your reviews. Every four to six lines, or she can't follow it and will not read it through. If it's short, she'll try to read it but anything that is blocky and long is near impossible for her to follow.

RIP those who lost their lives in the Canterbury Earthquake on 22/2/11

Roses are red the chalice is blue,

The cathedral has fallen many buildings have too,

You can rattle our bones, you can rip streets apart,

But you will never defeat our red and black hearts,

For we are cantabrians and together we know,

...We stand tall together, through anything we regrow.

R.I.P Isaac Thompson, you left behind a massive crater, you will be and are very missed.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE FEBRUARY 22nd QUAKE

Dr Maysoon Mahdi Abbas, age 61, Christchurch ( NZ citizen from Iraq )

Lalaine Collado Agatep, age 38, Philippines

Dr Husam Sabar Al-Ani, age 55, Chrichchurch ( NZ citizen from Iraq )

Jane-Marie Alberts, age 44, Christchurch

Mary Louise Anne Bantillo Amantillo, age 23, Philippines

Jayden Brytane Andrews-Howland, age 15, Christchurch

Emmabelle Cabahug Anoba, age 26, Philippines

Marina Arai, age 19, Japan

Linda Isobel Arnold, age 57, Christchurch

Matthew Lyle Beaumont, age 31, Christchurch

Dr Dominic Joseph Gerard Bell, age 45, Chrichchurch

Valquin Decasota Bensurto, age 23, Philippines

Heidi Julie Berg, age 36, Christchurch

Carey Stuart Bird, age 48, Australia ( NZ citizen )

Andrew James Llewellyn Bishop, age 33, Christchurch

Nina Jane Bishop, age 32, Christchurch

Pamela Maree Brien, age 54, Christchurch

Rhys Frank Brookbanks, age 25, Christchurch

Melanie Jane Brown, age 54, Christchurch

Henry Ross Bush, age 75, Christchurch

Ivy Jane Cabunilas, age 33, Philippines

Yu Cai, age 31, China

Ian Neville Caldwell, age 47, Christchurch

Cristiano Carazo- Chandler, age 35, Christchurch

Helen Margaret Chambers, age 44, Christchurch

Yang Chen, age 29, China

John Kristoffer Villega Chua, age 24, Philippines

Suan Patricia Chuter, age 52, Christchurch

Stephan Cochrane, age 43, Christchurch

Rachel Elizabeth Conley, age 27, USA

Philip Graeme Reeve Coppeard, age 41, Christchurch

Patrick John Coupe, age 46, Christchurch

Donald Ashby Cowey, age 82, Christchurch

Andrew Christian Ross Craig, age 46, Christchurch

John Barry Craig, age 67, Christchurch

Estelle Marie Cullen, age 32, Christchurch

Dr Tamara Cvetanova, age 42, Serbia, Resident in Christchurch

Betty Irene Dickson, age 82, Christchurch

Joanna Clare Didham, age 35, Christchurch

Jennifer Ann Donaldson, age 55, Christchurch

Paul Clarence Dunlop, age 67, Rolleston

Marielle Farlardeau, age 60, Canada

Dian Mary Falconer, age 54, Christchurch

Adam Stephan Fisher, age 27, Christchurch

Maureen Valerie Fletcher, age 75, Christchurch

Ian Foldesi, age 64, Christchurch

Jewel Jose Francisco, age 26, Philippines

Samuel Reese Gibb, age 27, Christchurch

Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert, age 22, Christchurch

Joanne May Giles, age 60, Christchurch

Baxtor Gowland, 5 months, Christchurch

Elizabeth Jane Grant, age 51, Christchurch

Natasha Sarah Hadfield, age 38, Kaiapoi

Yuki Hamasaki, age 23, Japan

Xiling Han, age 25, China

Tamara Lia Harca, age 59, Romania, Resident of Christchurch

Jayden Harris, age 8 months, Christchurch

Yuki Hasumoto, age 22, Japan

Yumiko Hata, age 29, Japan

Miki Hayasaka, age 37, Japan

Wen He, age 25, China

Jen/Jin Hii, age 34, Malaysia

Yuko Hirabayashi, age 28, Japan

Yoshiko Hirauchi, age 61, Japan

Marion Isabella McKirdy Hilbers, age 49, Christchurch

Christopher Grant Homan, age 34, Christchurch

Amanda Jane Hooper, age 30, Rolleston

Megumi Horita, age 19, Japan

Hifumi Hoshiba, age 41, Japan

Rika Hyuga, age 30, Japan

Toshiko Imaoka, age 34, Japan

Gabi Ingel, age 22, Israel

Thanydha Intarangkun, age 36, Thailand

Tomoki Ishikuro, age 19, Japan

Kyle Brandon Jack-Midgley, age 27, Christchurch

Man Jin, age 26, China

Kayo Kanamaru, age 19, Japan

Kyoko Kawahata, age 20, Japan

Beverley Faye Kennedy, age 60, Christchurch

Saori Kikuda, age 19, Japan

Yasuhiro Kitagawa, age 39, Japan

Chang Lai, age 27, China

Wai Fong Lau, age 87, Christchurch

Hsin Hung Lee, age 32, Taiwan

Normand Lee, age 25, Christchurch

Jinyan Leng, age 30, China

Ofer Levy, age 22, Israel

De Li, age 19, China

Wanju Li, age 44, China

Xia Li, age 42, China

Phimphorn Liandgchuea, age 41, Thailand

Adrienne Isobel Lindsay, age 54, Christchurch

Haruthaya Luangsurapeesakul, age 32,Thailand

Shawn Lucas, age 40, Christchurch

Scott William Emerson Lucy, age 38, Timaru

Catherine McNicol Lunney, age 62, Christchurch

Donna Merrie Manning, age 43, Christchurch

Kelly Lynn Maynard, age 43, Christchurch

Philip John McDonald, age 57, Ashburton

Matthew Stuart McEachen, age 25, Christchurch

Owen Thomas McKenna, age 40, Christchurch

Teresa Mclean (nee Elms), age 40, Kaiapoi (NZ citizen from the UK)

Heather Marilyn Meadows, age 66, Christchurch

Ezra Mae Sabayton Medalle, age 24, Philippines

Janet Dawn Meller, age 58, Christchurch

Adrienne Meredith, age 36, Christchurch

Ofer Binyamin Mizrahi, age 22, Israel

Kelsey Sinitta Moore, age 18, Christchurch

Emi Murakami, age 19, Japan

Jillian Lesley Murphy, age 48, Christchurch

Melissa Ann Neale, age 41, Wellington

Erica Avir Reyes Nora, age 20, Philippines

Blair James O'Connor, age 34, Christchurch

John Joseph O'Connor, age 40, Ireland

Noriko Otsubo, age 41, Japan

Linda Rosemary Parker, age 50, Christchurch

Joseph Tehau Pohio, age 40, Christchurch

Taneysha Gail Prattley, age 5 weeks, Christchurch

Wanpen Preeklang, age 45, Thailand

Jessie Lloyd Redoble, age 30, Philippines

Deborah Ann Roberts, age 39, Christchurch

Joseph Stuart Routledge, age 74, Christchurch

Lucy Rouledge, age 74, Christchurch

Saya Sakuda, age 19, Japan

Yoko Sakurai , age 27, Japan

Jeff Pelesa Sanft, age 32, Christchurch

Gillian Sayers, age 43, Christchurch (UK citizen)

Susan Lyn Selway, age 50, Christchurch

Emma Shaharudin, age 35, Lincoln, Christchurch

Dr Allan Alexander Sinclair, age 45, Christchurch

Christopher Patrick Smith, age 48, Selwyn District

Christine Patricia Stephenson, age 61, Christchurch

Reta Stewart, age 81, Christchurch

Beverley May Stick, age 71, Christchurch

Earl Nicholas Stick, age 78, Christchurch

Neil Glyn Stocker, age 58, Timaru

Michael Stuart Coulter Styant, age 41, Christchurch

Rhea Mae Sumalpong, age 25, Philippines

Yoko Suzuki, age 31, Japan

Te Taki Tairakena, age 60, Christchurch

Hiroko Tamano, age 43, Japan

Brian Warrington Taylor, age 66, Chritchurch

Isaac James Thompson, age 21, Rangiora

Desley Ann Thomson, age 32, Christchurch

Lesley Jane Thomson, age 55, Christchurch

Gregory James Tobin, age 25, Christchurch

Shane Robert Tomlin, age 42, Christchurch

Elsa Torres de Frood, age 53, Peru (NZ resident)

Asuka Tsuchihashi, age 28, Japan

Hui Yun Tum, age 22, China

Yurika Uchihira, age 19, Japan

Amanda Jayne Uriao, age 38, Christchurch

Valeri Volnov, age 41, Russia (NZ resident)

Jittra Waithayatadapong, age 40, Thailand

Limin Wang, age 32, China

Tao Wang, age 29, China

Graham Weild, age 77, Christchurch

Joan Dorothy Weild, age 76, Christchurch

Lisa Patricia Willems, age 43, Christchurch

Julie Kathryn Wong, age 37, Christchurch ( duel UK and NZ Citizenship)

Siriphan Wongbunngam, age 27, Thailand

Murray John Wood, age 56, Christchurch

Owen Morris Wright, age 40, Lyttelton

Stephen Robert Wright, age 46, Christchurch

Paul Khye Soon Wu, age 60, Christchurch ( NZ citizen from Malaysia )

Sisi Xin, age 28, China

Linlin Xu, age 26, China

Xiujuan Xu, age 47, China

Ayako Yamaguchi, age 30, Japan

Mina Yamatani, age 19, Japan

Didem Yaman, age 31, Turkey

Caiying Ye, age 27, China

Saki Yokota, age 19, Japan

Gilhwan Yu, age 23, Korea

Naon Yu, age 21, South Korea

Didi Zhang, age 23, China

Hui Zhang, age 34, China

Weiyu Zhang, age 30, China

Yantao Zhong, age 31, China

Xiaoli Zhou, age 26, China

You know you're in Christchurch when..

Geonet/ChristchurchQuakeMap is your homepage.

The rest of the country offers you a place to stay.

"Munted" and "buggered" are official technical terms.You go "pfffft" when Wellington has a 4.5 earthquake that's 40km deep.

You see a nice park in another city and think it would make a good evacuation point. ( or stand in a supermarket praying there ain't another aftershock, death by falling nappies isn't how you want to be remembered).

You sleep in one suburb, shower in another and collect water from yet another.

When you drive on the right side of the road and no one thinks it's wrong.

You are happy two Policemen came for a visit.

When your bike becomes your best friend.

You think it's fine for a soldier to be stationed at the end of your street.

You see armoured vehicles driving down the road.

It's normal to greet people with "Do you need a shower?".

A bucket of shit is no longer that old car you drive.

Every house is a crack house.

Instead of rushing to the clothes line to get clothes in when it rains, you put dirty washing on the line in the hope that it will rain enough to clean them.

Going to Wellington to escape earthquakes makes sense.

Your doctor recommends having a few stiff drinks before going to bed to help you sleep.

You know how to start and refuel a generator.

You have tied the pantry, liquor cabinet and all the cupboard doors closed and it's not to keep the kids out.

You prefer to sit under the table instead of at it.

You think electronics that have "shock proof" should say to which earthquake magnitude.

You know and actually understand the terms and conditions of your House and Contents insurance policies.

You can see irony in claims about houses made of "Permanent Materials"

Your en-suite has a vege garden, dog kennel and grass.

Your teenagers are all to happy to sleep in the same room as their parents.

You stop using the term "built like a brick shit house".

Dressing up to "head into town" means putting on a hi-viz vest, hard hat and boots.

Discussing toilet habits with total strangers is an everyday norm.

Wee boys don't get excited when they see (another) digger or dozer- but all the adults on the street cheer wildly.

Voluntarily staying in Timaru for five days seems like a good idea.

You know what that extra gear lever on your 4X4 is for.

Metservice includes a dust graph.

You have a dust mask tan lines.

You can use the term "liquefaction" in everyday casual conversation,even your three year old can.

When a massive group of students appears in your street, you are overwhelmed with gratitude..instead of calling the Police. What's more, the students leave the street in better

condition than when they arrived.

The answer to where anything is...it's on the floor. (An old NZ tv commercial from when we were little, you had to be there)

You smile at strangers and greet people like you're one big family.

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives,

but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do

that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

- Martin Luther King Jr

"When the doorbell rings at 3 in the morning it's never good news" The first time I read this sentence I did not expect to be so overwhelmed by the 9 book journey that followed. I must admit I'm scared to read the final book just yet, I don't want the journey to end. It's more than a book now, it's a part of my life, they're not just characters, they're are my family, these books are a part of me and reading them I can so easily be apart of them.

I am too positive to be doubtful.Too optimistic to be fearful.

And too determined to be DEFEATED.God give me serenity

to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change

the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.

So love the people who treat you right. Forgive the ones

who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason.

If you get a chance take it, if it changes your life let it.

Nobody said it would be easy, they just promised that

it would be worth it.

Dear mother nature, we’ve had enough

It’s been sixteen months of ‘doing it tough’

A year and a half of life in a uncertainty and tears

A city of people now bound in their fears

Our nerves are raw and our tempers in tatters

... As daily we endure the loss of things that really matter

Wondering what each day will take in its wake

We will still have power, water or stores if there’s another quake?

It’s so hard for every parent to endure the sight

Of their little ones so scared, so bound up in fright

You try to re-assure them, to soothe and calm

To wrap them in your arms to save them from harm

As the roar of a quake rips through the air

Glass and ornaments being thrown everywhere

The very earth beneath you violently surging and lurching

Their fear is alive, their cries are heart wrenching

Our older generation has never before

Been so afraid of what the future holds in store

‘Why don’t they leave’? outsiders ask

Leave for where?, pack up your whole life? To big a task

Is it possible to leave everything that has meaning in your heart?

To make new memories, to begin again from the start?

The reality is for some, there’s no choice left to make

Their houses have gone, all that’s left is heartbreak.

The resolve of the strongest is beginning to crumble

As we watch our loved city continue to tumble

The holes in the roads get bigger the patches not holding

The wrecking ball swings and buildings keep folding

Whole streets are abandoned the grass growing tall

The cliffs at the beach continue to fall

So why are we still here, refusing to live in pity

Because we know Christchurch will once again be a great city...

If You Read Down To Here, You Deserve A Medal