The Chained Princess (h.s.)

Author's Note

Author's Note

Oh my goodness, it doesn't even feel like I just ended The Chained Princess, it feels like I'm gonna wake up tomorrow and continue writing the story of Harry and Drom in the notes section of my phone. But what a journey this has been! I began this story after finishing treatment at a mental hospital for my depression and I got the idea for this story partly from thinking about my second story, Can't Get Enough. I realized how much I loved writing about love and disorders, and while I was in treatment I met someone who-and I'm trying to say this without violating my terms of agreement-messed up at being perfect.

I was in love with the idea that two people in love can help each other out of a rut, but what happens when that goes horribly, horribly, wrong? Does love truly conquer all? Thankfully, in my world, it does, so it had to in TCP as well (:

Some of you had some interesting questions for me that I was messaged, so I figured I'd answer them now that we're all done.

-Where does Andromeda live?

-goodness, did I never make this clear? Good golly gee, that's just like me. This story takes place in Illinois, in a suburb in that is a combination between the upscale part of Bolingbrook (where I live), Plainfield (cornfields and mansions) and Lockport (highways and mansions). In short, the Midwest version of where the Laguna Beach kids live. All these places are part of a thick of towns that are collectively called the southwest suburbs of Chicago, and downtown/the city is only about an hour's drive away, to give you an idea.

-Who's who?

-I can understand this question, for some reason the Wattpad app doesn't allow the cast list to be seen, so in case you are on the app and missed it:

One Direction as One Direction I mean srsly and Calum as Calum and Nate as Harry with light green eyes

Kaya Scodelario as Andromeda Arquette

Courteney Cox (Monica from Friends) as Cassandra Arquette

Miley Cyrus as Charlotte Arquette

Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde) as Lianna Arquette

Matthew Perry (Chandler from Friends) as Charles Arquette

Scarlett Johansson as Hannah Arquette

Zooey Deschennel as Halia Arquette

Me, Kayla as Annalise Walker

RD is someone who looks like Justin Timberlake c. 2001 idk I really didn't think of anyone for him I just wanted really curly blonde ramen-noodle-like hair.

-How do you know so much about Greek Mythology and space if you want to be a singer?

-It interests me so freaking much, ever since sixth grade when I learned about myths. I just loved how all of Greek Mythology is basically like

Zeus-"I'm gonna put my dick in it"

Everyone else-"Don't put your dick in it"

Zeus-"TOO LATE"

And it's just so funny to me! I also took Earth and Space science this year because I didn't want to take Physics so I asked my counselor to pull the swerve for me, and we had an Astronomy unit which blew my fucking mind. All of the constellations I knew just by looking at them for some reason, and learning the star phases and moon phases was so much fun, and learning about solar ellipses and planetary nebula and solar flares was mystifying. It also helped to have a cool-ass teacher who never wears the same tie in a row and tells awesome jokes like

"If stars are made of iron and we all have iron in our body, does that mean that we are all...star material?"

But yeah, Sailor Moon, Percy Jackson, I'm into all of it. I know that my planet is Venus and my mother is Aphrodite and my birth stone is emerald and the constellation Taurus is the best damn constellation there is.

-Are you going to write a sequel?

-Absolutely not. I don't want to sound harsh or anything, but I end stories when they are meant to be ended, and Harry and Andromeda's ended there.

-What will happen with Harry and Andromeda?

-I don't really know. They are fictional people, but they are people, and people change like the seasons. I am just a chronicler of their relationship that my mind created.

-Why is your writing so different?

-I mean I writes it how I feels it. I rarely edit much farther than spelling errors and sometimes I'm too lazy to even fix those. I used to be obsessed with getting critiqued, until some girl completely shredded the first chapter Can't Get Enough, and I was so offended because I liked it, why didn't she? I don't take constructive criticism well because I always put my best out there and I have hella pride. But I've learned since then, you can't please everybody. So I write and sing to please myself.

I like to think of my writing as an acquired taste. Either you are enticed by my sparratic spirit or you're not. I don't try to fit into some "typical" writing style because it won't be good to me if I do.

-Are you going to continue writing?

-I plan to! I add a new story every season after taking a break. After I finish editing/adding Change, I'm going to take a short break to focus on my music and summer homework, and I also want to read the classic lit in my library, but I have another idea in mind. A really big hint is "Robbers" by the 1975. You can decide whether I'm centering it around the music video, the alternate iTunes music video, the song, or the movie it's based off of (:

-Do you have a mental disorder?

-I have severe manic/bi polar depression and social anxiety.

If you think you have depression, get help please. It's hard and scary to step up and ask for help, I know. But you just have to do it. Go to an adult you trust, I knew my parents wouldn't get it and they still don't, but if you have someone you know who will, trust them, you will feel so much better. Here I am, 119 days later and couldn't be happier. I'm still struggling, but it's a fight I'm only winning with every day.

Thanks for reading y'all :D it gives me so much courage and reassurance of my talent.