Dragon-Minded

Hello everyone, for whoever didn't abandon ship like I did a couple years ago now ^^'

I feel bad for leaving this community for so long, I barely even remember the last time I actually drew something, apart from one or two gifts I drew here and there. So let me start off by saying that I'm sorry for effectively cutting off all bridges to all of my friends I had here that were there for me and encouraged me during all of my active days a couple years back. I know words can't do much, and looking at the couple birthday wishes and nice comments I've let rot in my message center, I hope that I'll be able to get back in here nice and slowly. I hope to be able to message you and get back in touch like before

My life's been a roller-coaster of a ride during these last couple years of inactivity, but despite growing up, I feel like things are finally stabilizing as I'm close to finishing my studies and can finally see a clear and positive picture for me for the upcoming years. And so, after many years of university failures, part-time jobs, and new study opportunities, I finally feel a bit of motivation to try and get back into what has helped me so many years back. I hope that sharing in whatever is left of the small community that I enjoyed talking with will be a great experience once more

Anyway, I don't want to make this long and sappy, but do know that I'll try and be active here once more after some nice long-needed cleanup of this message center ^^'

To whomever is interested, I'd be delighted to chat with some of you again to try and catch up, by notes here on dA, Steam, Skype, or whatever other useful service is out there

Anyway, thank you very much for reading, I know I missed out on a lot of things, but I'll try and not let that happen again Happy new year to everyone reading this

-Alex

Hey everyone ^^

This is it... Almost a whole year has passed since I posted the Prologue of this story. And now, here I am now, with the Epilogue submitted... I can't believe how fast time has gone since then, it really seems like I started this like not too long ago...

So anyway, the story is officially done now. I'll publish a complete PDF version featuring all the chapters when I find the time. That may take a little while though. Here's a small synopsis I wrote about it by the way:

The story begins with a Scyther, who has dedicated his whole life to the search of a rare orb with unique, devastating attributes. It's so rare that only three exist in the world, and no one knows where they originate from. The orbs were slowly forgotten throughout the centuries, having been forbidden and hidden to prevent further use of them. The Scyther, in order to accomplish his hopes of taking over the whole region he lives in, dared to attempt something many would never even venture: to go up against the mythic Pokémon of legend; the guardian of the region.
All seemed to go perfectly in his favor until a duo of rookie explorers, composed of a Sandslash and a Vulpix, accidentally got caught up in his plans and realized that they had the power to stop them. But things won't be that easy for the two, and along the way they'll learn what it truly means to be an exploration team as well as the magnitude of the responsibilities they bear.

Anyway, just a small entry to spread out a big massive thank you to everyone who has taken interest in this story. It really means a lot to me
Special thanks to:

-mysticdragon01 first of all for giving me the motivation to even start this story. He supported me throughout the whole duration of the story. He also helped me greatly by correcting the chapters before I published them.
-vanyeeah for her constant support as well. She supported me a lot along the way and also contributed greatly to the illustrations present in this journal.
-Wa-Luigi my real life friend for helping out as well and taking interest in this work of mine despite the language barrier.
-Shikamarunara91 for offering me to use his character Shadow in my story, and of course for supporting me along the way.
-Kad-the-Chameleon for giving me motivation to continue this as well.

To conclude this journal, here's just a feature of all the fan arts that were done for this story

Thank you all You guys are the best ^^