Greetings, Everyone. Long time not seen. Long time I've not blogged, isn't it? Since Summer is here at last, and I'm being afforded to take a break from my writing tasks, I was like: why not drop by and say hello?

I've decided to not say anything for a while anymore, when I saw how too prophetic my intuition has been, about weirdos of some kind, expressing a dark interest into my Child Of The Dragons' whereabouts, Anthony. And this across some mails, tampered clearly with the Dark Side's influence.This person was obviously seeing things that weren't there at all, into whatever I've been summoning you up so far. What has been worse had been, when, this person, stated neatly to be tapping into the energy of whatever story he was passing by, so he could have a nice meeting with the Soul of the author. To tap into one's story's energy is very wrong, for according to my own experience, the author can no more pursue the task he/she's been entrusted, after that. Not to mention that if a text indeed has a karmic connotation, to have been tampered with a dark touch may false out whatever has been revealed into it. It compromises the future yet to become, if you want. And this, I couldn't accept it with the eyes closed. As a Mistress of Dragons, I had to draw the line, when this person had given the wrong answer, regarding how a writer is willing to share a piece of him/herself with the others. To be honest, it doesn't change me very much, after my own experience of the Dark Side. I've been used to hear totally unrelated bullshit to my works, but with Anthony, it's been very different. I've been waiting for so long to get him back, and I had to let an unknown mingling with things that weren't his own business? I don't think so. As a Mistress Of Dragons, I had to protect the Child entrusted into my guard, so no harm could come to him and his Beloved One(s). There's a saying, revealed into my Viking Modern Saga, that goes like this: "The Child Of The Dragons is the thorn into the Master's heart". What happened here is standing example of that.

As most of you know, I've been working since last March on Shikata Ga nai's prequel. If Shikata Ga Nai is from the Shun and Jade's point of view, the prequel is from the Hyôga(Yvan) and Jade's one. I see some starting to get worried, just by reading the second point of view...*lol* Let's say than in Shikata Ga Nai, it's the Russian who is watching the show, while into the prequel, it's the Japanese who are witnessing what's occurring. Not understood yet? *lol*

If I tell you shock of cultures, does this help? Because in contrast with what I've been reading quite some years ago, when a shock of cultures is taking place, it's not necessarily peacefully (the sole exceptions have been when I first met my friend Hiromi during our studies in the USA, and my friend Susan in Singapore), it's rather a truthful clash. A such clash takes place mainly because, of clichés and perceived ideas, that we're having about each other, when there's not one to catch back the other, so to speak. And into the prequel so far, that's precisely what's happening between Jade and Hyôga. The funniest thing has been that it reminded me how Daniela and I have learnt to work out our cultural and mental differences, to insure the continuity of our friendship nowadays. But also when she had mentioned to me than Phoénix Ikkkuy was having prejudices towards her Alter Ego, Namida.

Which is leading me to tell you than this prequel was as well the wish of a Saint Seiya Fan from Brazil, Flavia. Flavia, who, some years ago, told me in the aftermath of the disaster that had brought abruptely to an end The Cry Of The Swan, that I had put the finger on something, that I had the potential, that I could it. That I was the only one truly posing the question on the whereabouts of the Amazons, when they were getting married, but also the only one that obviously had insights on Russian culture, that nobody else had. And that was why she was wishing for me to find the right person, the one who would help me to carry this task out. And that the day I would have had done so, she would be very happy. Well, Flavia, your wish is about to come true, I've found Daniela, and I've restarted the whole thing over again! God Bless!

With Love,

Sam.

P.S: I'll be travelling in the middle of July for a week in Singapore. Therefore, that's why I took the time to leave you this entry before going.

This is just a small, very small entry, to tell you how I've been fairing lately.

What's the common point between Draco Malfoy and Samantha Rosenwood?

To both have a sweet tooth. Remember the cakes and sweets, that Draco was being delivered by his owl, into the first book? Well, the accounts in fairytales, about snakes being tricked by their endless hunger for sugary items, is more than a half truth, unfortunately. I'm the living proof. And it's not Crabbe and Goyle who will be saying the contrary, they being the attestation of it (a bit exaggerated, of course!), into The Chamber Of Secrets.

You may say I made myself pretty good, this time. Until I'll have fully restored health to my poor liver, whom absolutely didn't like the overload, no more chocolate of any kind for me. Or else, I won't make it for Easter! *lol*

And miss funny stuff like that (OK, it's ice-cream, it's sugary, but imagine the ice-cream cones replaced with chocolate boxes...) :

Well, I'm going off again, until then. And maybe, I'll be ready to get the next entries going the way they were first meant to go, who knows?

With Love,

Sam.

Greetings, My Dears.

I got the privilege to have found this video right on time for Saint-Valentine's Day, for it's been introduced on the web-site owned by my Contraveritas friend, Raffy. The author's new to our bash, but seems to have been around on YouTube for quite some time, now. Filled with fancy edits and snappy cuts, as she had said so herself, this video is indeed very special. I definitively agree with her: it has nothing to envy to professional videomakers, it's even better. It's a true videoclip, in the full sense of the term. Watch closely for the visual effects, you'll see what I mean. When I first watched the arguments scenes right next the countdown seconds, I got reminded of similar paragraphs set into Hermione & The Secret of The Auryn, and most recently, of yet another one into my Modern Viking Saga, where Anthony and Amandine were having also an argument. The perfect match, the exact pendant to each other! This video would make a great opening song for a TV show, I realized. Where these two would be the stars, as Draco/Anthony and Hermione/Amandine are on this web-site!

Now, about the picture featured below. Again, just as for last year, it's a manipulation made by Moonjameskitten A.K.A Moonie (Geez! Most the people I know of love to send back to their lunatic side! Must be contagious! *lol*), my favorite artist and fellow friend back there (Contraveritas). When I looked at it the first time, I thought it'd make a nice cover graphism for Anthony's story, if ever it goes published. That little Witch/Fairy trying to reason, appease, and confort her Wizard/Child Of The Dragons turned husband underneath a little porch, it does it. I can rely to it. Can you?

With Love,

Sam.

P.S: if you don't surprise yourself playing over four times in a row the video, just call: "Hogwarts, we've a problem!" *lol*

Konnichi Wa!

Ogenki desu ka?

It's good to be back on-line. To be true, I missed updating that little Blog of mine very much, but on the other hand, it's been worth it, for I saw how life was really like beyond a computer screen, during these three months I had been gone. It's amazing what one can learn about oneself, and what goes around, by to have simply taken this decision of mine. To do something on my own that meant a lot to me, that is. 

The title of this entry may surprise many of you, but see, as usual, I got some spiritual answers on many other points. Why it was like that and not otherwise, when it was coming to Shun and Jade's relationship, and why it was taking a whole other dimension, into Jade's relationship with her husband, Hyôga (Yvan into my texts).

Back into my twenties, I had written a fan-fic which is no longer available anywhere, called The Cry Of The Swan. The purpose of this story was to tell off the years of marriage of Jade with Hyôga, before, meanwhile, and after. Most unfortunately at the time I had began publishing this story on-line, it hasn't been well received, nor perceived either. For most of the fans of the Saint Of The Swan merely couldn't imagine him to be able to love, or even getting married, due to his familial antecedents as well, for that fact. Only a Belgian girl, nicknamed Cygny Mama, didn't find my point of view not so bad, even how weak my arguments first seemed. Today, I'm thanking her for that, for now I'm going to explain to you why this story was no accident, and no coincidence either.

As a teen, when my grandfather was still on this side of life, he was always expressing some interest into everything I was doing. Then, he'd noticed already than my favorite Saint Seiya characters were the Saint Of Andromeda and the Saint Of The Swan. I still remember vividly his question about the latter, and the answer I had made:

"Why do you like so much the Saint Of the Swan?"

"I like him because it's someone very kind, and also because he's lost his mother..."

He said then something that virtually took me in reverse on the moment:

"One day, your alter ego will marry him..."

I recall clearly to have looked at him with so much disbelief, like if he had said something utterly crazy, out of question, period. For Jade, and therefore I, he was a friend, nothing more...

That's why when The Cry Of The Swan had been so much unwelcomed as it had been at the time, and put under such pressure as if I had committed the ultimate profanity, I couldn't explain to any of you why it had to be that way, that I was only writing a fact my grandfather had foreseen, and that I had to follow, Guys. But what he had foreseen was no more than the truth of one of my numerous past lives, and that I had eventually to come in terms with, and so had Jade on her own. For I recall too that some fans were astonished by my ability to retrancript Russian heighten sentimentalism, a thing most couldn't carry out on their share. Even my sweet Moonie (Daniéla), got some troubles with it! It says a lot, isn't it?

Although now The Cry Of The Swan is deleted, gone, I had, during my three months away from you, indeed come in terms with this truth my grandfather knew of me. As a matter of fact, I'm reconciliated with it. Just like Jade, I did realized my luck. For I don't think I would be interested to wed a Russian into our times, due to the circumstances or not, as it has been revealed previously across Jade's case.

Nevertheless, I've returned to my books treating about Russia (Saint-Petersburg, mostly, during the time of Catherine The Great). For again as my grandfather knew, once I'm reading a book on the topic, it's over with, I'm hooked, I can't restrain myself anymore! That's our Fleur Delacour's fault (Clémence Poésy): She was an excellent Natacha into a TV movie of Tolstoi's War and Peace...

With Love,

Sam.

The first thing to wake me up this morning has been my cell-phone. It rang around 9:30 AM, and by giving it a quick glance, realized the reason: having programmed it to ring on every birthday of people very special to me, this time it was for Tom Felton's. Twenty years-old? Already? Time goes by so fast, isn't it?

All right, Tom. Since it's your birthday, here's my birthday gift to you. I'm going to explain to you in what Anthony is related to Draco, unless you didn't guess it by now. Anthony is, no more, no less, than Draco's very reincarnation into this Time and World. Then, does it means that...? Yes. Amandine's nobody else but Hermione reincarnated likewise. Only, the magical origins are differing greatly with those revealed previously by Jo into her books. There are no more questions of pureblood or not. As a matter of fact, Amandine's a Princess of the Fairies, while Anthony's the Child of the Dragons. Like a return to the very sources of Magic, so to speak. And what about me? Well, I'm a Mistress of Dragons, as you know, but I'm rumored to have elvish blood running into my veins, whilst it's fire running into Anthony's.

Tom, if you've understood everything very well, you explain it to Emma!*lol*

Here's above a video I had planned to share with you all on Halloween, but since I won't have access anymore to the keyboard the time of my Japanese courses (my Granny doesn't have the Net, therefore I won't be able to connect on-line, to update this Blog of mine for a good time), I've putted it here for you to enjoy on the very night.

For on very next Friday, I'll be catching my train to get to Paris, and getting started with my Japanese courses from then. I'll be missing you all, old and new friends alike, met here and there, but let's say I decided to follow up my inspiration, and see what was going to be Shikata ga nai  like, beyond the computer screen...

I've to confess than Saint Seiya has always brought me luck, that's why I've entitled this entry that inspiration's like a shooting star, as a blink of the eye to Seiya, normally meant to be the hero of the show. Usually, people are wishing upon shooting stars nowadays, but aren't necessarily relying on them anymore, as arrows to guide them on the path to borrow next. That's what Seiya's been standing for all along into the series, if people cared to look more closely, instead to pick up on him for being as he is, a blunderer with a golden heart, for that's what he is! 

Saint Seiya brought to me Daniela, Hiromi and Shun. But the first to always come back to mind remains Shun, My Angel. Funny how things are coming around, for I got recalled of a very, very old rough version of Shikata ga nai (entitled then differently, though), that I've written about ten years ago, right after meeting Shun. Into this version, Andromeda Shun was a teacher into a High School, and Jade was becoming one of his students, staying at the school's dormitory...

Therefore, I'm asking you all to not worry. I'll be all right, I know that. I'm following up my inspiration, there's no reason. I'm not going missing, just getting off-line a little bit to live my life (up for eight weeks, maybe twelve), according to the needed time for me to progress into my assimilation of the language. Here's the link to the institute where I'll be taking my classes:

http://www.institutjaponais.com

Into my suitcase, I'll squeeze in Musashi's story, my copy of Goblet of Fire, and my Modern Viking Saga. Before to move on eventually with Deathly Hallows and Anthony's story, once and for all, Tom. You've my word on that! *wink* 

I will miss you all, I will take care, I promise!

With Love,

Sam.

I was looking forward going back to Japan this fall, but due to some mishaps, I had to change my plans, to review my copy once again. I currently considered wiser to take some basics notions courses back to my home city, Paris, before to decide afterwards to go back on my beloved archipelago in the winter.

Conclusion: Shikata ga nai is momentarily suspended into its progression, relying certainly on the fact that I've to go back there first before to be allowed to proceed the rest. Which, is however, not the case for my Modern Viking Saga. For it looks like my Good Spirits want of me to finish it first, along any other hardships I still have to deal with here, before to move on for good with Anthony's story and the part of my life awaiting me back at the Land of the Kamis.

All my apologies to all of you I use to chat with on MSN to have been so quiet until now, but I truly didn't feel like talking, unless I knew where I was heading at next.

As far as mishaps are going, I'm not the only one facing any. So are Anthony and Amandine, for the ship taking us across the seas got attacked by the pirates of the Straight of Malacca, led by Terry, Anthony's past rival for Amandine's heart, whom kidnapped us both with Mélusine.

Terry's passably pissed off with me, I just knew it, for he merely didn't hesitate to menace the others there will be heavy consequences for I and the baby, if they were trying to follow us. I don't know how chapter 17 is going to turn out, guys, but Terry will probably regret to not have been as fair-play as Anthony has been with him previously. After all, Anthony remains the Child of the Dragons, and it has better not be taken lightly...

That's all for today, Folks...

With Love,

Sam.

Since a few days, I'm working on two different themed writings: my Modern Viking Saga, et Shikata ga nai. Their common point is to be mirroring into each other, but to which degree is yet to be discovered, and I guess will be very interesting, once found out. I'm working on Shikata ga nai in the afternoon, and on the Modern Viking Saga in the evening. 

The latter has taken a totally unexpexcted turn, once that Anthony's  sleeping powers awaken into chapter 15. Not only have his powers awaken, but Amandine has also given birth to their child, a little girl named...Mélusine. And next, they and the other members of the cast will be heading for Asia, across the seas, into chapter 16. As far as Anthony is concerned, he's quite a fine and neat lad. He's simply amazing. He's a great sense of humor (remember than Dragons were famed to be always up for mischief), is quite gentle and caring naturally, but doesn't hesitate to show up risk-taking skills (let it be verbally or by performing actions), when it comes to his Beloved Amandine. And what about his powers? I'm sorry, but as a Mistress of Dragons, it is of my responsability to protect him from interested minds, for a Child of The Dragons always sparks interest, and not necessarily the best one.

Now, about Shikata ga nai. This story, too, has taken a unexpected turn. It was on yesterday, as I was processing a few more lines to get chapter 4 moving. It seems that the Present (events I've experienced during my trip in Tôkyô), is blending somewhat with the Future (events whom have not yet/or are about to take place, into a longer or shorter laps of time), a thing whose has never occurred into any of my previous works. And as I've said before, other scenes I had in mind into the Past, but couldn't get into words, are falling into place, rightfully where they belong in the storyline. It's all I can say for now.

Regarding the update about Tôkyô, it means you'll have to wait a while longer, My Dears. Especially now that I've this going on, I've better get things moving as my inspiration is dictating me to do so, and then, I'll see...

Meanwhile, take care, and be patient.

With Love,

Sam.

Hello, My Dears. Long time no see.

I thought that this entry was necessary, before to move on later with some more related to my trip in Japan.

As you know, Deathly Hallows has been released on the very same day of my way to get there. And as most of you knew as well, I didn't want to think or hear about it by any mean. Well...

I found my copy two days before to take my flight to return home. I should rather say than my Good Spirits allowed me to get it, for that's how it went. They told me to give a quick checking glance at the end, and indeed there it was, p.605:

"Draco Malfoy was standing there with his wife and son, a dark coat buttoned up to his throat. His hair was receding somewhat, which emphasised the pointed chin. The new boy resembled Draco as much as Albus resembled Harry. Draco caught sight of Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny staring at him, nodded curtly and turned away again."

I could barely conceal a broad smile of relief drawing upon my face, just by reading this. Then, My Little Dragon is the person whose call-up has been deferred, in the end? I knew instantly that it gave then sense to something else, which occurred a few days before I left to visit Japan. I've been inspired the third installment's title of my own trilogy, still in the works at this time.

The Child of The Dragons

What's that?

According to what my inspiration told me, a Child of The Dragons is a child assumed to have fire instead of blood running into its veins. There is just such one child born per century, it seems. The child's name is Anthony, is meant to replace me when I'll be gone, and his love interest's called Amandine.

The point is, in reverse, if Jo had gotten Draco killed, I never would have been given the right lane for Anthony's story in return, and Deathly Hallows forever denied to be part of my private library, if I may express it that way. Jo, thank you. Thank you so much for this wonderful gift. I said something, and looks like you definitively heard it. Blessed Be. 

For I'm not the only one whom got her wish granted: Jason Isaacs (Lucius), got his not having his character spending the rest of his days at Azkaban (sorry, I won't tell, quick checking glance or not! *lol*), and Tom Felton (Draco), got his of a Big Bang (but not quite as he expected it, more into the one I got in mind, according to my knowledge of Dragons' Ways to turn the tables over the one(s) whom betrayed them, hé, hé...Sorry, won't tell either! *lol*).

What does this mean, then? It means I may now enjoy my reading of Deathly Hallows, bite by bite, as I always do while reading Jo's books, precisely because of that .  I don't care much about fast reading, I think you may miss some important points or details. Especially with Jo's books.

I've solemnly sworn to be up to no good...

My Patronus is an animal which flee into presence of Selfishness, and you've to be Pure of Heart if you want to approach me. I got my Marauder's nickname from Professor Lupin, for I've the habit to drink a tea grown atop of the Himalaya.

YES. I'm Darjeeling.

Mischief Managed!

With Love,

Sam.

The Big Day has come!

At midnight past one minute tonight, I'll no longer be reachable, I'll be travelling to Japan. I'll be catching my train earlier on next morning (a pity it's not the Hogwarts Express, famed for its punctuality!), to then take my JAL flight for Tôkyô...

...where I'll be landing on the 23rd of July, in the afternoon. I won't be back until the 3rd of August. Time's come around for me, to pick up the spiritual answers awaiting me back there. And a call needing to be answered, now. Nothing else matters!

Take care, Daniela, Alex, Claire, DezertBlu, Starlight, Tina, AmandaMagick, Lady Wolfen Mists, Vitani, Sevina and Rainbow, while I'm gone. And so will I on my share, I promise.

*Good Bye! See You Soon!

With Love,

Sam.

Konnichi Wa!

I'm a Witch of word, here's a tiny post for you.

On the 7th, I had to send my PC for repair, the power component had to be replaced urgently, since it prevented me from doing anything I had previously scheduled on-line.

The funniest thing is, a few days before, I confessed to my friend Alex to have recollected vividly many other details from my first meeting with my Angel, as the departure's date was getting nearer. I still remember that he had told me he wanted to work into the electronical components business (you guessed it: the Akito Electronics Corporation, mentioned into my Saint Seiya fan-fics, sprung from it), and I'm hoping sincerely that he had succeeded in it. I told her too that I was a bit apprehensive at first, but that I knew now that everything will be all right.

Also on the 7th of July, despite the electronical problems, I received a mail from my friend Hiromi, right after I had asked to her if she could renew the wish I had made four years ago (it's private, sorry), during this year's Tanabata Matsuri.

She had proposed to me to assist at the Summer Matsuri held in her city, Funabashi. My heart just leapt with joy at the perspective , and I gleefully said YES. It'll be my first Matsuri!

Therein the title of this entry, Harry Potter And The Summer Matsuri!

The Order Of The Phoenix has a special meaning to me, for as a matter of fact, it's been the very first Harry Potter book in English in the text I found in my country. My copy is still wrapped to this day in its plastic sheet, but not for very long. Once I'll be through with Goblet of Fire, it'll be its turn. The meaning goes even deeper, for as you know, I'm a Witch who came back to the Light after years, not to say centuries, wandering into the Darkness, because she's taken the wrong path at a certain point.

As you know, I'll be packing and getting ready to travel to Japan on the release date of the last Harry Potter book. Yet, even though I hope to manage to get my copy of it at Shinjuku's Kinokuniya, I don't plan to read it at all during my trip, perfectly aware that I'll have better things to think of and to attend to, then. I'll read it, yes, but later. By later, I mean it'll certainly take me a long while to pick it up to do so, as it's taking me to do the same with my Half-Blood Prince copy. I still can't bring myself to read it, it's too fresh for me...I'm sorry. There is so much spiritual suffering breathing from it, that's why. And I think that Deathly Hallows will be very much the same, unfortunately. I can cope with various kinds of spiritual wounds, but I've my limits as well. I do know to what extend I can go and help. If it goes beyond, I prefer acknowledge I'm forfeit, and pass the task on to somebody else.

But, there's a but. What I didn't say until then is, when I'm not feeling well, being stressed, need a change of mind, to ressource myself, well, Jo's doing it rather nicely, very nicely. I pick up my current Harry Potter lecture where I left it off, and for a hour or so, I go back to Hogwarts. What I'm trying say is, despite the errors, the omissions and the inconsistencies, the pleasure remains, precisely because Jo's writing is reflecting her own humanity in the end, which is what I like best. For hasn't she done any of these, I probably wouldn't have found neither the strenght nor the energy, to follow my own inspiration to get started with my own stories, inside and outside of this web-site. And well, the good news are, I've been given clues that some things I've written according to my inspiration, set into this time and world, are gradually falling into place... 

I won't say anything furthermore.

Excepted thank you, Jo, thank you for everything.

With Love,

Sam.