Foreword by L. J. Smith
Once again, for anyone who may have missed it: this is an episodic adventure fanfiction story. It is not one of the official books in The Vampire Diaries series, nor is it meant to replace these books. This fanfic takes place in an alternate world from the official books that follow Midnight .
Normally, I would not release the beginning of Part Two along with the entirety of Part One, but I do have my reasons. For one thing, it didn’t seem quite fair to Bonnie fans to only release the Elena scenes in Part One: Paradise Lost , and not do this.
Again, I’m not certain how many different parts there will be to this work, but I do plan to spend the time that I can afford to take off from my professional writing, until this complicated love story/episodic adventure is finished. And, yes, that means until The End.
As for who gets married just after midnight amidst a constellation of rose-shaped candles and tapers in a half-ruined chapel in Dyer Wood (and yes, with the bride wearing black, while the bridesmaids wear red and all carry black or red roses) . . . I’m still not going to identify the bride or groom. You’ll have to wait until I post that section in order to find out.
As always , I would like to give my thanks to my agent, John Silbersack of Trident Media. You are reading this story because of his efforts, and if it is any good, he made it better.
My most sincere gratitude as well to Amazon and Kindle Worlds for giving me a place to house this fanfic and for welcoming me so warmly.
I would also like to thank (as ever!) Julie, Christina, Toni, Frini, Jesa, Jan, and Usok of Usok Choe Designs. Without their help, encouragement, brainstorming, kibitzing, last-minute coding and consideration for my welfare, I would never have been able to write a page of Evensong .
I do actually mean it when I say write to me to give your opinion of this episodic literary adventure. Please email me at [email protected] . I may even write back to you! Or else visit me at http:// www.ljanesmith.net , like me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ljsmithauthorofvampirediaries or follow me on Twitter @drujienna .
Cheers,
Lisa
Evensong
Part Two:
The War of Roses
by L. J. Smith
“A flower unplucked is but left to the falling,
And nothing is gained by not gathering roses.”
― Robert Frost
Bonnie was headed for Biology 101, her first class of the day. She had given up trying to convince Meredith to stop following her, even though she knew that Meredith was going to miss her own classes. Bonnie’s pride was injured—as if she couldn’t take care of herself in the sunlight, with ordinary students streaming all around her!
She walked as fast as she could, but the tac-tac of Meredith’s shoes still kept up by her side. Of course, Meredith had longer legs, which was another injustice.
It was insanely cold for the end of September and the watery sun in the sky did nothing at all to warm the morning air. Bonnie shivered inside her thick wool sweater.
The good thing about Dalcrest College was that it was quite small, which made it easy to walk from one place to another on campus. Bonnie reached Lerner Hall before her nose was completely frozen, and she turned for the first time to look at Meredith.
“Are you really going to follow me in?” she asked piteously.
“Of course,” Meredith said, with grim determination in her dark gray eyes. “I’m going to sit in Biology with you, too.”
“Dr. Reichard is going to be mad at you,” Bonnie said feebly.
“Let her. I’m auditing the class—just because I’m dying to learn about the insides of a fetal pig.”
Bonnie turned back in frustration. She knew that under that determination Meredith was no happier about shadowing her than
Once again, for anyone who may have missed it: this is an episodic adventure fanfiction story. It is not one of the official books in The Vampire Diaries series, nor is it meant to replace these books. This fanfic takes place in an alternate world from the official books that follow Midnight .
Normally, I would not release the beginning of Part Two along with the entirety of Part One, but I do have my reasons. For one thing, it didn’t seem quite fair to Bonnie fans to only release the Elena scenes in Part One: Paradise Lost , and not do this.
Again, I’m not certain how many different parts there will be to this work, but I do plan to spend the time that I can afford to take off from my professional writing, until this complicated love story/episodic adventure is finished. And, yes, that means until The End.
As for who gets married just after midnight amidst a constellation of rose-shaped candles and tapers in a half-ruined chapel in Dyer Wood (and yes, with the bride wearing black, while the bridesmaids wear red and all carry black or red roses) . . . I’m still not going to identify the bride or groom. You’ll have to wait until I post that section in order to find out.
As always , I would like to give my thanks to my agent, John Silbersack of Trident Media. You are reading this story because of his efforts, and if it is any good, he made it better.
My most sincere gratitude as well to Amazon and Kindle Worlds for giving me a place to house this fanfic and for welcoming me so warmly.
I would also like to thank (as ever!) Julie, Christina, Toni, Frini, Jesa, Jan, and Usok of Usok Choe Designs. Without their help, encouragement, brainstorming, kibitzing, last-minute coding and consideration for my welfare, I would never have been able to write a page of Evensong .
I do actually mean it when I say write to me to give your opinion of this episodic literary adventure. Please email me at [email protected] . I may even write back to you! Or else visit me at http:// www.ljanesmith.net , like me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ljsmithauthorofvampirediaries or follow me on Twitter @drujienna .
Cheers,
Lisa
Evensong
Part Two:
The War of Roses
by L. J. Smith
“A flower unplucked is but left to the falling,
And nothing is gained by not gathering roses.”
― Robert Frost
Bonnie was headed for Biology 101, her first class of the day. She had given up trying to convince Meredith to stop following her, even though she knew that Meredith was going to miss her own classes. Bonnie’s pride was injured—as if she couldn’t take care of herself in the sunlight, with ordinary students streaming all around her!
She walked as fast as she could, but the tac-tac of Meredith’s shoes still kept up by her side. Of course, Meredith had longer legs, which was another injustice.
It was insanely cold for the end of September and the watery sun in the sky did nothing at all to warm the morning air. Bonnie shivered inside her thick wool sweater.
The good thing about Dalcrest College was that it was quite small, which made it easy to walk from one place to another on campus. Bonnie reached Lerner Hall before her nose was completely frozen, and she turned for the first time to look at Meredith.
“Are you really going to follow me in?” she asked piteously.
“Of course,” Meredith said, with grim determination in her dark gray eyes. “I’m going to sit in Biology with you, too.”
“Dr. Reichard is going to be mad at you,” Bonnie said feebly.
“Let her. I’m auditing the class—just because I’m dying to learn about the insides of a fetal pig.”
Bonnie turned back in frustration. She knew that under that determination Meredith was no happier about shadowing her than
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