Author'sNote

Greetings everyone! DoctorChurchie here with a bit of house keeping and an update for how the next upcoming weeks will possibly go.

The first thing on the agenda. (Don't be fooled, I don't have an agenda. I'm literally flying by the seat of my pants right now.) But seriously, in the next month my mom will be going into the hospital so that she can have a major operation done, and it's going to be my responsibility to make sure that she doesn't over exert herself while she's in the process of healing. So if you notice that there aren't many updates for this story between the months of May and June, well now you know why.

"Promise of a Lifetime" is one of my favorite stories that I've ever had the creativity to come up with, also I suppose that I could go into some detail and discuss where the story lies within the timeline of story that is actually cannon.

It doesn't. I guess that the best way that I could put it is that it's an alternate timeline? One where Crusnik's still exist. The Methuselah and Terran races are still at war. Where Abel still loved Lilith. And Brother Francessco is still an asshole. (Yes, Brother Francessco and the Inquisition will eventually be making their grand entrance. Eventually.)

With that said, I come to point number two. As of right now, I'm letting my creative energy build itself back up. However, fret not though, here and there I've been writing down ideas for chapter 18. After all, I plan to continue this story for as long as I continue to have new ideas for it and I haven't even began to touch basis on who Jonah's mom and dad are. (Yes, I've already decided who her birth parents are. Trust me, it'll be a surprise and a half!)

So while my creativity grows back, I'm going to be doing another thing that I love so much. Which is shiny hunting in Pokemon. My current hunts/names I'll give to them include: Celebi/Lilith in Crystal, Moltres/Flamin' Hot in Ultra Moon and I have a few miscellaneous hunts in Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Black, Diamond, Sun and Moon. If you're wondering why I've got so many hunts going...well tis the price you pay when you want to get a complete shiny living dex. This has been an ongoing project of mine since 2016, and it all started with a shiny Terrakion that I got on the 5th encounter. Now THAT'S how a shiny hunt should go. Quick and quite legendary. But as of right now, I've got 336 out of 807 shiny Pokemon. That's not including all of the repeats or extras. For real...I have at least 7 shiny Audino...I only needed 1 for the dex.

To think...I used to love Audino. Now whenever I see it I become that one Spongebob meme and say, "AuDiNo." *sighs*

This has ended up being just a rambling post, I apologize. I will also say that this is the very reason why I plan all of my chapters out at least 3 times before I publish them. That way they don't become too overrun with rambling. I honestly blame my ADD.

I should say that I do intend to delete this author's note/rambling/what am I even doing here when I complete chapter 18. Whenever that might be. Hopefully soon.

Until next time.

Seeya.