Okay so guys, i've got half of the next chapter of "Focused eyes" finished but I'm going on a school trip this week and i won't be able to work on it while i'm gone. But once i come back I'll be sure to wrap it up quick. My school project is coming to the final stretch and i want to be free to concentrate on it. SO, i thank you guys in advance for being so patient.

Banksyt~

as per my karma my computer has decided that a apt punishment for me is to break down. But thankfully due to some slightly smart thinking i remembered to load it to google docs, and it is safe. So i'm still working  on it and it should be done some time tomorrow (if i get lucky).

Sheesh... I haven't been able to do much on this site since the report came into my already stressed (but fun and crazy) life. But now i'm done with my first draft, and i can breath a slight sigh of relief. I still won't have time to crank out a real chapter but i will have enough time to do a short maybe 1 thousand 2 thousand word short. Thanks for waiting, i know your on edge but just hang in there, i know i am.

Tranquility out~

ps~ i made this in IT class with photoshop

http://twilightsparkleclub.deviantart.com/gallery/34789455#/d4n7cby

Well it seems Derpy is named Derpy... so when reading my fic disregard that fact please.

I know i should have seen this coming but i have a huge report that i need to write that will likely take all week and into the next. And it's not like any other report. If i don't pass this report there will be no chance of me getting into IB. I won't be able to work on the next chapter as long as i have this hanging over my head. But don't worry, it doesn't mean it stops here. I wouldn't dream of stopping it so far in... Thanks for understanding.

Ugh... now i'm under lock down, i only get two hours each day to do all my computing, which includes writing my fic and homework (which i have a lot of). I hate it, i hate it because i know the longer i take to write a chapter the more i let you guys down. And i hate it. Sorry guys, i'm really trying but its not easy.

Ah shoot... its been days since i have been able to write. Not enough time. Schools comin in and i have to study for exams. Yes exams, mid-year exams after the winter break. Makes me wish my school could end the term like every other school, before winter break. I profusely apologize for the extended delay, but i need to get my priorities straight. Rest assured that i will spend any and all free time to make sure i write this chapter for you, and as a apology gift i will write not one but two endings. The first obviously being the cannon ending with the second being "what could have happened".

sincerest apologies

Banksyt

Thankfully my computer is working again, and i also thank Celestia profusely for not crashing my hard drive. Which in turn means i'll be able to get back to writing. Interestingly though i seem to have gotten alot of feed back about whom Twilight should go see first. And proving my chapters succesful, is the fact that many have taken a liking to Sunshine x Twilight, which is exactly what i wanted. Most of them of course being irrational, desperate cries of plea. Which oddly only make me giddy. However- though i am not completely surprised by it- one of the comments threatened eternal trolling if i were to go against the wishes of this 'user'. I find this oddly funny although i do not doubt the sincerer tone of the message. Aah but i digress, i did not of course come here to chat to you about Celestia knows you have seen in the comment section below my latest chapter. Though i do not doubt that you haven't had the same reactions, i don't think you ever shall (unless you of course write yourself).

But actually i wanted to talk to you guys about something of more worth. I know there is probably a treasure trove of forgotten fictions, lying beneath the vast multitude of short stories and one shots. Like all things in life, these 'relics' sit there forgotten by time unless some pony goes looking for them. I don't know if the 25th of june was the first date of the first Fiction to have ever been posted here, but i doubt it. Although if that stands true then, there are a total of 3370 fictions here on Fimfic.net. Eye opening huh? And if there are only 3370 fics here then it would become apparant that i had the privelage of reading Fimfiction.net's oldest story. Also known as "The greatest Equine who ever lived!". And me myself and i have only been here since what 11 weeks ago? And in that time, i've read what,149 fics, and counting... I had no idea i had read so many, i mean sheesh....  But of course i won't remember them all, i mean come one not even grown dragon could remember that much intricate detail and emotion that each and every Fiction utilized... But of course i'll have my favorites, the fics that made me fall in love with the characters, or laugh so hard you'll think i'm pinkie pie. And its a shame Fimfiction can't tell you which chapter you first read, i doubt Fimfiction tracks that sort of info, far to unnecessary perhaps. But perhaps the fic i remember first reading (or among the very first) was "Moonlit Sparkles". And i remember coming across it, thinking "pfft romance, like i'm ever gonna read romance".

And you have to understand that during my first days on Fimfiction were also my first days as a Brony. I was completely new to everything the pony world had to offer, much less the Brony world. But as long as i can remember i've always had the "I'll try anything once attitude", and it has gotten me into trouble a few times, but i shall forever thank it. Because without it i would have never found  any of this. Again i digress. Moonlit sparkles, the first and foremost romance fic that i read, has and will continue to be one of my all time favorites. I know i base my preference on purely arbitrary reasons, but i guess what keeps it as my favorite is the fact that it opened my eyes to shipping fics which i fear i would have shunned forever if not for it.  But of course "moonlit sparkles was a popular fic back then racking a total of 4.8/5 in 115 votes. Not the highest rating of course, but a high one definitely. And for its quality and premise, i think it should deserve more rating than 115. but who am i to argue with the reading population of Fimfiction when i am one myself. I know many readers hold back rating until they believe the fic truly deserves it, but i like to rate a fic for every chapter i read. I give what it deserves, but i rate every chapter. I know many would argue to refrain from that but i firmly believe that if they write, then i should give knowledge of what i think the fic is worth. Of course i never judge a fic by how many stars are there or how many comments it has, or views.  And yet there are many fictions out there that i know for a fact- and would fight for it- are sorely unappreciated, under-acknowledged, and for lack of a better word, under-viewed. Many of which far surpass the writing quality of any of the popular fictions like "Until you met her". Now i'm not saying that they don't deserve their fame, i do. I think they completely deserve the position they've attained. But what I am saying is that there are fictions out there that deserve as much if not more attention.

Let me give you an example of what i believe to be true gold in text. The end of ponies by shortskirtsandexplosions. This fiction has chapters with more words than i my entire fic has. Any writer here on fimfiction who is able to write that much, keep in the plot the entire time and then go on to write 24 more chapters of the same quality, deserves every medal known to man. And with my track record of having read 149 fic's and having read classics like Simarillion, i think i can safely say what good high quality writing is. And can say with confidence that The end of ponies is perhaps the highest quality writing i've read here on Fimfiction. It is deep, it is funny (at times) and it is intense. And i cannot praise it enough. Though nothing would make me happier to know that i'm getting more people to read something truly worth reading. Please, if you have not yet read it, i implore you too.

Wow...look at that wall of text...sheesh i can't believe i wrote all that... But i thank you all so much for reading (those who are reading). I know i can't speak to the entire website and all its users, but it's nice to know these words don't go unread.

Thanks all for reading!

Well! I can safely say that Fimfiction.net has truly taken over my life, I mean i leave for 3 days and i come back to see i have 38 no 42 unread chapters to get to. I have spent the last 3 days trying to catch up but goddammit whats reading if you rush it... i still have 17 to go, but i actually can't remember the last time i didn't have a unread chapter to read. I swear i read more on here than i do real books, and honestly i wouldn't have it any other way. In other news i finally have a proof reader YAY! and just on time cause the next chapters i'm going to let i need to be spotless, you all know why.... :D

Anyway thanks for reading and hope you enjoy my fic!

I don't know why, but these past few day have been really good for me. I think it maybe the good feedback i'm getting but i'm not the one to judge. I really love writing Focused eyes, its been so much fun for me and apparently for a whole host of others :D

I know i'm not the best writer here, but it's really been so fun for me i hardly care. As long as i can make people smile with my fic i'm the happiest guy alive. It's weird but i can't stop thinking of ideas of how to end my fic, it the most heart wrencthing ways possible (not that it will). I feel compelled to tear everyponies hearts out with some sad but i don't want to... I guess its part of writing but i now know how writers make their readers almost want to kill them for what they've written... and its like pluggin my self into a electrical socket.. Anyway, to whom ever may read this, know that i intend to honor Celestia as much as i will Sunshine, Celestia doesn't get much lovin and so i don't want to end Focused eyes with out giving her some... And i thank you profusely!