Hi guys,

So... the title is self-explanatory, but before I explain why, I just want to say that Chapter 10, which is named "Stevie the Recorder" (though it may or may not change, but hands down this is my favourite chapter title of this book so far) is in the works.

The chapter isn't finished yet, I am still writing the first section (I don't know how to explain it, it's not a paragraph). But here's a sneak peek that may or may not change. Feel free to skip past the sneak peek.

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"But either way, isn't this forest a bit suspicious, dark... and scary?"

"Virgo has a point, you know. Though I don't even know why we are brought here.." Pisces rubbed her left arm up and down. That's when Sagittarius bounced in her spot excitedly like a small child.

"Maybe it's because-"

Capricorn arched an eyebrow. "Sagi, if you are thinking that then probably that may not be the reason."

"But it could b-"

"It would be suspicious, dark and scary because we are in a forest in night," Aries muttered. "Nothing surprising there. Besides nothing scary would pop out."

"Nothing scary? But I've heard stories that creatures were lying in this forest.." Scorpio whispered, his eyes wide. He then grinned and crept up to Libra who was oblivious of him creeping up to her. "Creatures... ready to POUNCE!!!!"

Libra screamed and jumped up from her spot like a terrified cat. She then glared at Scorpio, who was laughing and slapped him on the arm. Virgo, who was watching, chuckled to himself. Gemini, however, squinted at the forest.

"Hey guys, is it just me or the forest is slowly getting darker...?"

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So yeah, there's the sneak peek. Still in the works. May or may not be edited.

But now we're getting to the part why the title of this note is named that way. Basically, as you can tell, senior year is a pain especially when assessments are in the way (I have three next week so that is going to be fun :( ). Because of that and the assessments, I need to spend time revising for the assessments since they, like the exams, are important because the score would give a mark to get into university.

Because of school, updates would be slow and I may need a break (but good news, school holidays are almost coming up though there is a drawback since I don't know what holiday homework would be set in place). So yeah, a summary of I said: school is stressful and update is currently in the works.

Also another thing, I was thinking about this book lately: the ships, character developments, whether or not I should steer the book a different pathway from before, any bonus chapters, and a side story to focus more on the characters' friendships and their development.

For ships, I want to confirm some ships are already canon but I'll leave it to you guys to guess what ships are confirmed canon. I also want to add LGBT ships, but there's always the worry of opinions of others. Cause I know most people really want a specific ship to happen and if I were to be honest, I really want to write that ship, but there are always opinions.

For character developments, I know that this is an area I need to work on. And that means I have to limit other character's book-time and focus on others (like Leo, Cancer, Gemini and Taurus) cause so far nothing much has happened in their development so I want to improve that.

Also, I feel like steering the wheel of this story to go on a road with changes from before because it feels like it is going the same 'route' as before and I don't want that. I want this book to be unique in a way without being too obvious (all I have to hint is: "not everything is what it seems").

Now for the fun (?) part of the thinking. Whether or not I should have a bonus chapter like a QnA, but then again it would be too soon, so I am leaving to you guys to decide.

I also thought about bringing in a side story to focus a lot more on the characters without the whole "We're zodiacs and Ophiuchus is roaming around and he hates us" thing around. In fact for the side story that won't be focusing on that.

The side story's main plot is the zodiacs going on a vacation for a month's long program to spend their away from Universe High at this resort/hotel. It would focus on the characters and problems they are faced like romance issues, the issue of managing a group, the worry of wondering how others are going while on break. It would also bring other characters in (like Orion's wife and I am excited to write about her- her character is just-) and develop existing ones (like Orion and the zodiacs).

But there's the issue of schoolwork so I don't know if I should still do the side story or not, but it's just an idea that popped in my head that would improve more on the characters here.

If I were, to be honest here, I enjoyed writing this book. I enjoyed the writing the characters, and I hope you guys find it enjoyable to read. I also want your guys' answers to the following questions (feel free to ask me any questions on the ideas- though the answers may be late):

What ships would you like to see developed? Also, would you want LGBT ships?

What characters (this includes extra characters like Serpens and Antlia) would you like character improvement on?

Do you have any ideas for any miniventures etc?

Should Universe High have a bonus chapter or is it too soon?

And would you guys want the side story to happen?

And that's about it for this author note, I need to stop writing author notes and focus more on the story. And apologies in case I don't make any sense here.

Until then, have a nice day and I'll see you when Chapter 10 is published!