Heart of Steel [Pokémon Fanfiction]

Acknowledgements

Well, this is it. It's been over a year since I began this story and now... it's finally over. I thought I'd put this nice little track in the media from OR/AS to accompany this sappy Acknowledgments part.

   I never knew this story would get so much attention. I did expect it to get to 1k views eventually, every story does at one point or another, but this is completely different. 4.5k views and counting. I just... I just can't even begin to express how grateful I am for all the attention this story has gotten. My repeated voters and commenters (you know who you are), I can't mention you all individually, but I'm more than aware of your dedication.

And to the individual acknowledgements. First off, to those who made fan covers and graphics I thank Cora-chan, azule-, and AurorusChan! They looked amazing and I'm still freaking out over the fact that this story received fanart in the first place!

To live_today1999, andrewsplan12, and Bummer97, you are the only people I know both on this site as well as offline. Thank you for letting me ramble about HS for literal hours over Skype and texts and not telling me to stop talking. I know I got a bit overbearing and repetitive with it at times but I appreciate your guys' listening so much!

Next up is RedPandaWorld. At the time I'm posting this, I know you're not even halfway through the story yet, but I greatly appreciate all the support you've given me as well as the amazing comments you leave!

And last but not at all least, Cora-chan. Ever since we began talking back in February, you've become my closest friend on this site. You've read my never-ending strings of PMs about HS, given me so much advice as well as your honest opinions, and you never once asked to change the subject. I literally cannot type the amount of "thank yous" you deserve.

So yeah, that's all I really have to say. Sometime this weekend I'm posting in It's A Secret to (Almost) Everyone (my writing/announcements book) my thoughts on this story which will include deleted ideas and concepts from the original outline along with my overall opinion on whether or not I liked writing this story. It'd be great if you all checked it out!

And as I like to say... I hope you enjoyed this story, and I'll see you in whatever I decide to write next. Imber, out!