A Fading Hope Chapter Three

A Fading Hope Chapter Three: Not Just a Nightmare


Song- Hold on Together (Diana Ross)
Don't lose your way
With each passing day
You've come so far
Don't throw it away
Live believing
Dreams are for weaving
Wonders are waiting to start
Live your story
Faith, hope and glory
Hold to the truth in your heart
(Chorus)
If we hold on togetherI know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I


Souls in the wind
Must learn how to bend
Seek out a star
Hold on to the end
Valley, mountain
There is a fountain
Washes our tears all away
Words are swaying
Somebody is praying
Please let us come home to stay.
(Chorus)


This song has been stuck in my brother's head for around three years. I'm not kidding. He doesn't stop whistling it ever, and heaven help you if you start to sing it. Yeah. But it's a pretty song, and I love it. It comes from the kids movie classic, "The Land Before Time." The old one, the first one. Not one of the dozen plus sequels. Basically, this is the music that plays over everything heartwarming or heart wrenching in that whole movie, only with words.  Anyway. It's also part of the code. Yep.


Story stuff:
This chapter was hard. Not as hard as some of the later ones will be, but hard. Here comes one of the few things I changed from the canon- I had to add in an unseen adventure, one that will get a little more mention later- the destruction of the rest of the Gears (only not so much) by the older gang. that can't possible be super important, right? right. hang on to that, folks.
I also got to work with some of my favorite characters- Joe, Patamon and Izzy. My goodness, are they hard to get right, but so worth it.  And then comes the number one rule of being a super hero/ charzcter in a fantasy novel- never keep secrets from your teammates, particularly secrets relating to the traumatic pasts of said teammates- broken, of course. What else are The rules made for?


I also had TK angst. I really hated writing that. I can do a little bit, but it gets so... ugg. Boring. I feel like A Captive Light had enough of " It's all my fault". It's also more than a little painful to write, what with me entering the mindset of the characters. I've never been in a "it's all my fault" situation, so it feels very alien and strange. My own emotions are confusing enough. With this, and the lovely review of KHLostEmpress echoing my unspoken sentiment, I took a look at what was to come.....


.....And there was WAY too much angst. so I nixed most of it- what a load off my shoulders! don't think this means I'll stop being evile though. I'm not done yet. Not by a long shot! ( evil Laughter Here)
Still, I did like the way Tai ended up here- his typical, " crud, I have to fix things, I.. I can't believe I screwed up, but I did and I did..." 'tude. and Izzy's calm logic- I love Izzy. I do. Such a fun character.
So that was that chapter.
~HNA