I'm dedicating a chapter space just for the note, as it is pretty lengthy, and I don't want it getting in the way of the next chapter.

Ironically, I had made a note several months back after finishing Season 5 describing the future of this story. A lot of things have changed, and I'm still unsure and undecided on what's going to ultimately happen. I'll try to include the majority of what I had originally written, but with a few alterations. Anyways, here's the deal. There are going to be big changes when it comes to this story. Originally, I was settled on ending it with Season 7. At the time I was frustrated when it came to the expectations different people had of me. On one hand, there are people who apparently believe that this is my job, and I get constant messages regarding when the story will be updated and yadda yadda. Without getting too much into that subject, what I was going to do was leave Season 7 with a proper ending. I think I'm still going to do that to some degree, but I want to try to keep going after that because I've got an idea for the end of Season 7 that could be explored. However, this is the catch/exception.

If I do continue past Season 7, I'll have to most likely only pump out a few chapters at a time. What I mean by this, is that I'll continue cutting episodes out of the season. This doesn't mean they didn't happen. It just means that I don't feel the need to rewrite those if hardly anything happens. Because of this, I don't want to hear "Where's [Name of Episode]?!". Seriously. As for Season 6 and 7, I'm planning to mix those together, so obviously I'm going to be cutting a lot of episodes out. And don't ask me what episodes I'm going to keep and skip because I don't know that either. I'll have to find out as I write the story. If it turns out that the next episode might be nice to have to progress the original story present, then I might keep it. If the next episode will just be absolute filler, then it's out. As for the possibility of going past Season 7, I may only be able to write maybe eight episodes or so in the seasons moving forward, depending on the quality and state of the episodes themselves.

If you want to know why these big changes are happening, if you haven't guessed already, then keep reading below. I'll try to explain myself without ranting too much.

Now, there are a lot of reasons for these changes. I mean A LOT. But, I'm only going to get into the few most important ones. I am no longer in the kind of state where I can keep writing as I used to like everybody wants while having a sane mind. It's been what? Nearly six years since I first started this story? To sum things up, I've been in a state of life where adult responsibilities are a major hindrance now. Remember when I used to chuck out chapters like nothing? Me too. That's not the case anymore. It's hard to really focus in my life when I've got an MLP fanfiction story that remains unfinished. Believe me, I could have easily swept this under the rug and leave it forever unfinished, but I didn't. For the sake of me and all of you guys that have been with the story since the beginning, I wanted to at least give this story a proper ending.

Now, here's the thing. I don't want to tell you that the ending to this next mix of seasons is ultimately the END. However, at the same time, I'm not going to make any promises that this story will keep going. Like I said, I want to try to keep this story going, but if it only proves to hold me back, then I'll leave it at Season 7, all loose ends hopefully tied up. Okay, all the loose ends will probably not be tied up, according to what the story means to you, but at the very least the majority. You know, the important stuff. If it comes to turn out that way at the end of this next mix of seasons and it really bothers you that much, you can even think of it as a start of a very long hiatus. However, keep in mind that that would be a hiatus I don't intend or guarantee in coming back to. That's why, in whatever case, I want to leave this next season with a proper ending, so if it turns out that I'm done with this story for good, then at least I left it in a suitable place.

Just keep something in mind. I have a life outside of making this story, guys. Don't forget that. If I didn't have to worry about financial expenses, adult responsibilities, and etc. then it wouldn't be as much of a problem to keep going with the story. But as of right now, I've been working hard enough as it is to even pump out a single chapter, and it shouldn't be like that.

Now, you might see all this as bad news, and in that case, I've got some good news as well. There's another major reason why I wanted to finish with this story, or at least cut back on it. For a long time, and by long time I mean years, I've been wanting to write out my original content and ideas into their own stories. However, I don't do well with multitasking, especially if I'm already juggling a bunch of stress revolving around real life. To summarize things, even if I stop writing this story, I don't want to stop writing in general. I have several ideas itching to be explored, and if you guys don't mind it not being MLP, then I'd love to have you guys along for the ride.

Also, if I can somehow make a living off writing my own original content and doing what I love to do, then that would be absolutely amazing. Of course, I'm obviously not going to make a living writing MLP fanfiction. Either way, I really want to start working on the original stories I have in mind, but I still have to finish this first if I really want a peace of mind.

As of right now, I don't exactly have the most stable life. There are some things I need to work out before I can comfortably get working on my content, but I'm still going to try to work on this story because I don't want it to linger in the back of my mind anymore.

For now, I believe I'm pretty much concluding Alex's story with Season 7 for the most part. By Alex's story, I mean, you know, his personal background story. If I keep going after Season 6 and 7, there probably wouldn't be any new information about his character, and if there is, it'd probably be minor.

To be honest, in a way, I don't want to really leave this story behind. I kind of do want to keep going until the main show ends, which who knows how long it'll be before that happens. If I could pick up my original stories as a form of financial income, it'd be a lot more possible to keep up this story as a hobby. I'd like to keep this story up for those who have stuck around since the beginning and up to even now, and I'd like to keep it up for even myself because, despite being a simple mlp fanfic, it means a lot to me in so many ways. Quite frankly, if it wasn't for MLP in general, I'd never be pursuing the kind of passion I am now, and this story will mean even more if I can have a successful upturn as a result of my original stories.

I've pretty much said what I wanted to say, so I think I should end the note here already. I've already written past 1000 words solely on this note. If you have any questions, you can ask them at

askalexlonewolf . tumblr . com (/) ask

Just put it together and remove the parentheses, obviously. Just please refrain from asking/spamming me with questions about what's going to happen in the future chapters or when the next chapter will come. I get enough spam as it is.

I'll tell you this though: More chapters are coming soon.