If she had an opinion, she wouldn't hesitate to share it with you. If she wanted something, she would find a way to get it. From the way her eyes lit up when she would talk about the latest book she had read to the bright smile on her face when she was working behind the counter at Luke's, the girl was passionate in the things she did and it was obvious to the people around her. Avery Gilmore is Undefinable. Avery Gilmore is Limitless.

Author's Notes: This is an alternate ending, or an alternate story to The Unexpected Journey, the Prince Harry Fan Fic. This is what WOULD have happened had Harry not gone after Maddie at the conclusion of Chapter 95, if they had not reconciled. I thought it might be fun to play with that option too! A few things to keep in mind. First, and probably most importantly, The Unexpected Journey will continue on with them reunited. While Harry IS in this story, he is NOT a Romantic Lead. This story begins when Harry breaks up with Maddie after the Kidnapping attempt but in THIS story, he does not go after her. They do genuinely break up. And this story follows Maddie. I do not necessarily intend on reuniting them in this story. He will be in the story, because he was a very big part of her life. I also need you to make a few assumptions with me here in order to go down this "rabbit hole" and try something a little different. One, Harry went to a very dark place when the kidnapping attempt happened in the story; a dark place that truly snapped something inside of him and made him push Maddie through the door. Second, though Ella does probably exist in this story line, she does not have as big of a role. If you could assume for me that she was in Bendal with Maddie in the beginning, that she visited London for a little bit, but then she left and her part of the story faded out. She is still a friend of Maddie's but she's living in the US and her relationship with Bishop never got off the ground. Here we go.

The Unexpected Journey is the story of a young woman who sets out on a mission and finds a surprising, royal, detour. I began writing this story on Tumblr and followed a suggestion to post it here. It's a tad fluffy, a dash dramatic, but a lot of fun. I took it down for a bit because I'd found out people were copying it and posting it somewhere else. I just didn't know what to do, so I unpublished. One small Author's Note: Because I am not sure I can write about another country with authority without knowing more about it, I am creating a country-for storytelling purposes. It is in Southern Africa. It has a rich cultural history with proud, wonderful people but it has also been host to poverty and famine and more recent outbursts of violence and trauma. The country will be known as Bendal and has absolutely NOT been modeled after any one particular country. I hope you will allow me these small creativities.

Susanna Gilmore is a small-town girl, and she loves everything about it. Now, she and her sister are going from a public school to an elite private school. Despite feeling like she doesn't belong, she determined to make it.

The only royal role she would get to play would be Aurora in Sleeping Beauty. The future King of England had other ideas... Cover by @gloriassworld