So, that's it.

The End.

I do have many ideas for additional parts, but this story concludes here.

That being said, while I've got your attention (or don't if you see that there is not a new story part here and just the ramblings of the author) I have a few things to say about this story and Fanfic in general.

Firstly, this story came about from several different ideas collided in my ADD brain. Backstory interests me. Lau came about because I was thinking about the Ancient from Kung Fu: The Legend continues and the idea that SOMEONE must have been doing what Dr. Lewis does for the Light. And the idea that Fae can live a REAAAALLLYYYY long time. I just hope I didn't make him into the annoying OC that infests so many other fics.

Kenzi becoming Fae. I was of two minds about that. It could have gone either way, right up until I started typing I hadn't decided. The text just flowed out of me. I've seen it done badly, I've seen it done well at least once. I hope I've added to that column. I was really worried about writing Kenzi, her way of speaking isn't natural to me. I hope I've done a good job there.

When and if I write more stories in line with this one, expect her (and Inari and the Norn) to feature more. Along with her Faemily history. Another Fic cliche I hope I'm doing in an acceptable manner. I took an element from the show and expanded on it in my own way. I expect to do that A LOT more if I write more.

Tamsin. TamTam! I'm hearing bad things in Season 5, which I'm pretty much ignoring to keep in my own groove in regards to this story and any others that will (hopefully) follow. I was surprised with the Bo and Tamsin team-up there. I sometimes feel like that section with de la Marche should have been longer, with better articulated fight scenes and typical villain monologues. The monologues I decided were a bad idea, I wanted to do an INTERRUPT! so I did. I didn't want to struggle so much with the fights and trying to lengthen the part that I got burned out. Maybe if I take another go at this story I'll do something like that.

I liked writing Tamsin. She's METAL! as I said before. She likes fighting and she's good at it. She has an attitude that I hope I have shone well here. Through her I could also explore a bit on how I think the Dark works. It's not inherently evil, it's just... Dark. And as Trick alludes to, it's not all that different on the Light side. They dress it up with words like loyalty, honor, oaths, etc but the end results look a lot alike.

Hale, confirmed as the Ash. I really liked having Lauren yell at him. "Stop acting like the Ash and Be the DAMNED ASH!" Even though I'm not sure that Lauren would really use Damned, it still felt right. Hale becoming the Ash here came about generally because good things happened under his watch. Lauren and Lau basically brought the benefits of mass vaccination to just about all Fae. Only the VERY weird Fae won't be able to benefit.

He wasn't in this story much, but I hope I got my points across with him. His doing right by Lauren, realizing his mistake, his being the Ash, even his off screen talk with Bo about Kenzi becoming Fae; I hope the readers understand that while I'm mostly sticking to canon events things are obviously going off the rails a bit.

Dyson. Once again, he's not here much. I find him undervalued in a lot of Fanfics. I mostly read Doccubus stuff, obviously. But so much of what I read regarding him in that context upsets me. Really. He's often made out to to be an asshole at best and an abuser at worst. To me, he's 'Just a Wolf, standing in front of Succubus'- well Bo didn't let him finish that line either. He's just a very old guy dealing with a difficult relationship.

I like to focus on that OLD part a bit. He's over 1500 years old, I'm pretty sure he's dealt with, seen and maybe even been a part of non-standard romantic relationships. And that doesn't mean he, as so many really old characters tend to be shone doing, goes Bisexual simply out of 'boredom' or 'trying everything'. Dyson likes women. And it seems he likes them strong and complicated. I gave him a bit of a reset in regards to his heart and the (IMHO stupid) mating bond with Bo. He can and does still love Bo, but he's not completely locked on her as his lifetime mate. More importantly he's not locked on the idea that she is HIS. Several things are wrong with that thought process, but I generally go with the strongest-he's too damned old not to know that thinking that way is not going to work well. Especially with Bo being a Succubus and the absolute necessity of her feeding on more than one partner.

Evony. Ah, Evony. The Morrigan. Sexy evil on a stick. Also, very old and wise. I likes using her to highlight the effect of age on Fae society. The Fae should be ALIEN to humans. Not just because of the powers, but their age. Living that long, with vitality and mind intact, Fae should read people and younger Fae like a book. That's pretty hard to write and even harder to show on a TV screen without it becoming boring, but I thought I should touch on it. I hope I did it well.

She's also a snarky,sexy bitch and she knows it. I like comparing her and Regina in my head. I'm pretty sure anyone reading this knows who I'm talking about.

Bo. Ah, Bo. There is so much I could say about Bo in this story. I hope I haven't changed her so much that she's unrecognizable. If I ever do a REDUX of this story I will definitely highlight some more of what Lau and her other teachers taught her in those weeks Kenzi was frozen. That moment with Lau in the garden was, I hope, a tangible piece of just one thing Lau tried to teach her. And the fight to break in to de la Marche's estate a taste of what martial skills she learned. I understand why guns are not featured much in the show and why combat isn't gory. It's expensive to do that in a TV show. Not so much in the written word.

Lauren. I wanted to flesh her out some. She also intimidate me in regards to her way of speaking. I hope I got it well enough. And I wonder if I didn't make her too emotional regarding Lau's funeral and Hale's 'reward' to her. It was interesting to write her having to interact with Bo and Dyson and, if I were a bit more confident in writing that, I think I would have done more in that regard. Maybe I just need the practice.

As much as I read Doccubus (often porn) I didn't include much of it here. If I succeed in writing the next part I envision, you'll see more. And it may include some of the (missing) porn from this one.

Fae society. Or, in other words, why aren't the Fae running everything? With Cabbits having 40 children, why aren't they running everything? Why are the Fae hiding? Of course, from a watcher/reader perspective, we know why. The writers/creators want a world that's easily recognizable to the audience. But it did leave me an element to use-maybe the Fae are not as numerous as they should be. And why would they not be? For much the same reason the human birth-to-death rate was so low in ancient times. Disease and competition. Lauren and Lau just brought the Fae the benefits of ~19th century vaccination. They've had other methods and the Fae are generally much more healthy than humans. But they also compete with each other AND humans.

The specific prohibition of NO Human/Fae 'relationships' also left me a big thread. A source of drama for the writers and for me to exploit. To figure out a good reason or two for it. I hope I did that well enough. I will pick it up again if I write something else.

Continuity wise, this nebulously happens in Season 3. Before Bo's Dawning and before Hale is kept from being confirmed as the Ash. I'm really not sure that I want to write Bo's Dawning, I don't think I do 'etheral/dreaming' type scenes well. Like Kenzi's Art Gallery scene here, it was hard and I thought I could have done it better but I risked getting bogged down and discouraged. But I'm also not sure I can NOT do Bo's Dawning if I go forward. I'm trying not to think too much about it so, again I don't want to lose my groove. I do know that, for obvious reasons, it would have to be different. Dyson and Bo are not in the same place they were in canon for it to happen that way. And I can't just substitute someone else helping Bo, since we all know the consequence of someone accompanying her. Dyson knew and Trick didn't inform anyone else, viewing it as Dyson's informed choice. Either Kenzi or Lauren are valid choices until they and Bo are told of the consequences, at which Bo gives a strong Hell NO! If anyone's got an idea I could go with, (that doesn't trash Dyson!) I would be happy to hear it and give credit where it is due.

Generally, this story was already written before I started posting it here. I really don't like reading uncompleted works on the site, so I decided not to post a story until I was done writing it. I have a lot of stories in my head but I have a bad habit of finishing them there. That leads to me loosing my drive to actually write them out, so I would have oodles of unfinished fics on here unless I wrote them the way I wrote this one. I deliberately DID NOT allow myself to get too far ahead of the written story in my head. A lot harder than it sounds. The story has a few things in it that attracted my attention, parts I had to fill in to get to write 'for real'. It seems to have worked in this instance. And I hope it works for the next part I'm writing over my week vacation from work.

So, if you liked this story, let me know. PM me with specifics, what you liked, but especially what you might think could have been done better. Reviews and feedback are the only payment fic authors get, honest critiques are more valuable than gold.

Thanks for reading!